Water, water everywhere, and how amazing it is!   The 2nd of February marks World Wetlands Day, a time to shout out how important wetlands are, both for wildlife and humans. Wetlands are so important that 40% of all life live or breed in them.   Wetlands are very diverse habitats, with one thing in… Read more »

After 19 years of success, Pensthorpe hands over pioneering breeding and release projects to a dedicated new trust Pensthorpe Conservation Trust (PCT) is marking the end of an era – and the start of a new chapter, as it officially passes on two of its most significant native species conservation programmes to a new site… Read more »

On February 4th 2021 I was perched of the side of the Sierra Negra mountains in Cape Verde collecting biometric data of red billed tropic birds and deploying GPS trackers. I was blissfully unaware of the events occurring back at Pensthorpe. I knew there were still cases of avian influenza being reported daily in the… Read more »