The White Stork Project, the Return to Britain

          The White Stork Project is led by a pioneering partnership of private landowners and nature conservation organisations, who are working together to restore a self sustaining, free living, breeding population of white storks in southern England by 2030 through a phased release programme which will run over the next five years. These…Continue reading The White Stork Project, the Return to Britain

Shoebill

Shoebills, a source of Livelihoods in Uganda

Every bird watcher’s trip starts from Mabamba Swamp, one of the few remaining strongholds of the Shoebill Balaeniceps rex in Uganda. The world is estimated to have 5,000-8,000 shoebills remaining with an estimation of only about 150 pairs left in Uganda (IUCNRed List 2016). Mabamba Wetland was designated an Important Bird Area in 2001 and…Continue reading Shoebills, a source of Livelihoods in Uganda