Wild green lizard in jersey

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stubeanz

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So yesterday I decided to take up advice from some members on the Durrell wildlife park forum and go searching for wildlife on jersey.

Not only did I spot quite a few common bird species but I also spotted my first wild Green Lizard on a wall in a rural part of Portinfer. Safe to say I was very happy and took many photos which I will upload when I'm back home :D
 
See if you can find out what is happening with the reintroduction of Choughs to Jersey. Its being organised by the Zoo. Have any been released yet?
 
I will ask when I visit the zoo on Friday :) I read they will be released in April, not sure what date though.

I spotted some various gulls, plenty of oyster catchers, a few sand pipers and at least 30-40 Siberian Brent geese today that's just having a wander along the coast as well:D
 
I might as well turn this into a stubeanz wildlife of jersey thread (not sure whether I'm just counting down the days to the zoo visit!) but today I spotted 32 wall lizards! And about 20 more Brent geese.

It seems jersey has a lot of wildlife to offer!
 
Pertinax said:
See if you can find out what is happening with the reintroduction of Choughs to Jersey. Its being organised by the Zoo. Have any been released yet?
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After speaking with some keepers today I can confirm none have been released yet but 7 choughs are being 'trained' for release at sorel point and should be released all being well in around 2-3weeks.

They have spent months clearing the bracken and putting sheep on the northern part of the island to create and maintain a perfect habitat for the chough. This being the first trial release and if its successful ( no peregrines eating them!) then more releases will follow.

Off show there are breeding pairs which they hope will provide more captive birds for release. They also have a very tame Italian chough which isn't used in breeding but is very very tame and believed to have been somebody's pet in Italy!

Stu
 
thats ok, i imagine the keepers enjoy answering an interesting question once in a while :D
As someone who works with animals and the public its always nice when someone wants to talk indepth about the animals and not just... "why are snakes 'slimey' " or the dreaded... "look at that funny monkey!"
 
Remember, if you see a treecreeper, it'll be Short-toed. Another of the eclectic range of bird species that seem to have found the English Channel a barrier to colonisation.
 
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