Rosemary Low Gives a Parrot Conservation Update
A 2022 Parrot conservation update. There are approximately 400 species of Parrots in existence today. Rosemary Low gives us a 2022 update on Parrots and conservation projects in the wild. Unfortunately, Parrots are notable for having the highest number of threatened species of all non-passerine bird orders. Here, Rosemary shares with us some of the […]
Heather Scott’s Trip Of A Lifetime Volunteering With Parrots In Costa Rica
Heather’s Background Heather Scott has worked with the Parrots at the Butterfly House in Sheffield for 5 years. On 2nd February 2015 she is going on the adventure of a lifetime to Costa Rica to volunteer with the Parrots at the Ara Project. Heather has kindly written this blog for us, talking about what she’ll be doing on […]
Some Thoughts On Conservation And Why It Matters
Dot Schwarz explains why conservation is important. The global loss of species is even worse than previously thought. The London Zoological Society (ZSL) in its new Living Planet Index suggests populations have halved in 40 years, as new methodology gives more alarming results than in a report two years ago. Many birds are counted amongst […]