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Here in wildlife enquiries we occasionally get sent some rather interesting finds including pictures of unsual garden visitors, feathers and occasionally dead birds. We are more than happy to take a look at feathers and pictures but we are not too keen on the dead birds, they don't travel well in...

Disease spread throughout the country This week a press release went out highlighting the impact that Trichomonosis has had on greenfinch and chaffinch numbers. This received a lot of media interest and lead to a massive surge in disease reports. A new disease page is up and running and people can be...

Cranes The Crane project has generated a few queries. It involves taking chicks from Germany and eventually releasing them in Somerset. There have been some concerns about resources being diverted to a bird which is already breeding in the UK but it is also a flagship species for wider wetland conservation...

A popular enquiry recently has been about 'odd' looking blackbirds ; either missing feathers through being in moult (when they can look very scruffy and give the false impression of disease), or having 'unusual' colouring - usually patches of white where the normal pigment would occur...