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Another White-headed Vulture chick

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On Thursday 9 March a tiny, fluffy White-headed Vulture chick joined our team and we were ecstatic!

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Citizen Science Surveys

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Following on from our five year long Raptor Nest Box Project exploring the effects of nest boxes on Kestrel populations, this spring we’ve launched a new project, Kestrel Count 2. (more…)

A fantastic result for Wonkey Bill

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This month we released a Peregrine Falcon from our National Bird of Prey Hospital who has been in our care for an incredible two and a half years. In 2016, the average that a wild bird remained in our care was 15 days.

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Chicks at Changa Manga

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We are thrilled to announce the hatching of two further Oriental White-backed Vulture chicks at the conservation breeding centre at Changa Manga, near Lahore in Pakistan. This exciting news for this critically endangered species follows the breeding success of last April, which was the first successful breeding of this species in captivity in Pakistan.

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Would you like to help us with our research?

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As part of our UK conservation and research work, we are aiming to develop regional and county-based population estimates of Kestrel, Buzzard and Red Kites, and we are looking for volunteers to help us.

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The hare and the tortoise method proves best for vulture monitoring

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Slowly but surely: The Royal Society publishes clever report by Dr Campbell Murn that describes the best way to survey large raptors.

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White-headed Vulture hatched at the Trust

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Delight as White-headed Vulture is hatched at the Trust – fantastic news for this Critically Endangered species.

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Study concludes extinction is a real threat for African vultures

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Extinction is a real possibility as six out of 11 of Africa’s vulture species are uplisted to Endangered and Critically Endangered after a study by our Head of Conservation and Research.

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