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Great bustards at Stonehenge (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter JTweedie
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(Very) tame.
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The Stonehenge Bustard (Gertrude) - The Great Bustard Group
There has been a lot of social media interest in the female Great Bustard which has been visiting Stonehenge recently. The bird, price known to the project as T5, cost but christened by the Stonehenge staff as “Gertrude” was released in 2011. She is from an egg rescued from an destroyed or...
JTweedie
Well-known member
Interesting, thanks. Even though it seems to be habituated to people, it's still definitely a wild bird.(Very) tame.
The Stonehenge Bustard (Gertrude) - The Great Bustard Group
There has been a lot of social media interest in the female Great Bustard which has been visiting Stonehenge recently. The bird, price known to the project as T5, cost but christened by the Stonehenge staff as “Gertrude” was released in 2011. She is from an egg rescued from an destroyed or...
That term has a lot of different definitions!
JTweedie
Well-known member
Well it seems to be living its life on its own terms including joining up with other bustards when it wants to, so I'd not regard it like a farmyard chicken or someone's racing pigeon.
foresttwitcher
Virtually unknown member
No reason to believe it is fake, a friend of mine sent me a smartphone picture of a female (possibly the same one) in the roadside fields by Stonehenge.
No one really likes it and has been back for at least 4 years now
