Flamingo Catch
We have recently been catching up our Chilean flamingos.
Every year we struggle to breed the Chilean flamingos as they tend to lay their eggs later in the year so it is getting too cold for the chicks to survive when they hatch. So we are continually coming up with new methods to assist this and part of this has been to catch up the flamingos and take DNA from their feathers so that we can sex them to ensure we have sufficient female to male ratio in the enclosure. I will put the results on this diary when they are available.
We also took the opportunity to microchip the flamingos as it has been some time since we last caught up the flock. We catch the Greater flamingos every year because we have up to 20 chicks a year and we need to microchip them immediatley.
In other news, I have had a meeting at Slimbridge regarding how we can take the Downy Duckling events further as they are one of the most popular events for the trust, so that is all under discussion and I have shown round a couple of people who activley support Martin Mere with WWT's Head of Fundraising.
