The ZSL horticulture department monitor these bird species as part of the site biodiversity programme. ZSL works to encourage species such as swifts, house sparrows and lapwings on our own sites at ZSL London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo. Mix all together with your hands and spread out evenly in a single layer. Add olive oil, sprinkle of kosher salt, and paprika. Place the corn kernels on a rimmed baking sheet, saving the cobs for later. Garden birds are commonly affected by outbreaks of disease, so we also carry out research to better understand and limit the impact of these outbreaks.įind out more about the Garden Wildlife Health project Other bird projects For a convection oven, reduce cooking temperature by 25✯ (15✬). ZSL scientists are studying the effects of supplementary feeding on garden bird health through the Garden Wildlife Health project. We are now trying to set up a self-sustaining population in England. Since 2000, ZSL has played a key role in the breeding of corncrakes to be released into RSPB reserves. The corncrake is the only globally threatened bird to breed regularly in the UK, and started to disappear from the English countryside more than a century ago. ZSL conservationists are carrying out work with geo-locator tags in Skellig Michael, West Kerry, Ireland, to track their huge overwinter migrations across the Atlantic Ocean and provide insight into what might be causing these declines. The puffin is one of the UK’s most abundant seabirds, but its populations have been in decline recently. Key species Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) Corncrake (Crex crex) Common swift (Apus apus) House sparrow (Passer domesticus) Lapwing (Vanellus. ![]() We also monitor the health of garden birds, along with a number of current and past projects. ZSL conservationists carry out survey work with puffins off the coast of Ireland and have been working with Natural England in the breeding and reintroduction of corncrakes. Many of the UK’s species have been in decline, and are in need of conservation attention. ZSL looks to protect rare and threatened native birds and to improve the health of their populations.
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