Forty Great Bustard chicks will be brought over from the Saratov region of Russia in June, with the help of UK government and European funding. They will be taken to Wiltshire for rearing and eventual ...

The first great bustard egg has hatched in the UK since 1832 as part of a programme to reintroduce the bird into the wild on Salisbury Plain. 03 June 2009 • 7:00am So far at least three chicks ...

Conservationists are hoping to reintroduce to Wiltshire a bird hunted to extinction in the UK in the 19th Century. The great bustard is found mainly in eastern Europe, Spain and Portugal. But a group ...

Over the last 15 years, hundreds of birds have been released on Salisbury Plain The last UK hand-reared great bustard chicks have been released into the wild. Over the last 15 years, hundreds of ...

In view of this, the Great Bustard Group must raise £130,000 a year, to pay for conservation work and reintroductions in Russia. The group have gained a licence that is valid for a decade, to bring ...

The world's heaviest flying bird, and Wiltshire's last Great Bustard, heads to Salisbury... They are the world's heaviest flying bird which, until the 1820's, were a common sight on Salisbury plain.

The great bustard is the world's heaviest flying bird, but in the 19th century this made it a favourite target for shooting parties. Hunted out of existence in Britain, it returned in 2004 under a ...

This came as welcome news to the Great Bustard Group, whose previous attempts to introduce the birds had been fraught with difficulty. The UK government only allowed the group to use eggs from ...

producing the first great bustard chicks to hatch in the wild in the UK since 1832. Once common on grassland, the turkey-sized birds – weighing up to 50lb – were a target for hunters and egg ...

The Great Bustard is the world heaviest flying bird, with males reported weighing up to 20kgs. They became extinct as breeding birds in the UK during the 1830s due to the fashion for collecting ...

THE world's heaviest flying bird has laid eggs in the UK - for the first time in 175 years. Conservationists are thrilled after finding a nest containing two eggs of the rare great bustard.