Bringing back bustards

Great Bustard was very much a part of British wildlife until the 1840s, when the species was lost in Britain due to hunting and changes in agriculture. The Great Bustard Group was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of reintroducing the species, and earlier this year Ed Stubbs visited the group at its Salisbury Plain stronghold to see how successful the project has been.

Gulls can be notoriously tricky to identify, with an often bewildering range of plumages, but that’s no reason to shy away from them. These two ‘white-wingers’ are regular fixtures in Britain in winter, but can appear very similar. Josh Jones provides all the information you need in order to recognise both species in all plumages.

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