Student placements
on chough reintroduction project in Jersey
An exciting
opportunity is available for a student placement at Durrell Wildlife
Conservation Trust, based in Jersey, working on the red-billed chough
reintroduction project. This project, which began in 2013, is just one of many
within Jersey’s “Birds On The Edge” project (www.BirdsontheEdge.org) run in
collaboration with the National Trust for Jersey and States of Jersey
Department of the Environment.
Two placements are
available, starting on 1st September 2017.
Durrell houses a captive collection of choughs at the Wildlife Park,
while the reintroduction project is based at an off-site aviary near Sorel
Point. Juvenile choughs bred in captivity are being released to the north coast
of Jersey. All birds are intensively monitored and managed post-release. The
student placement will assist the Field Manager in carrying out these
activities. Students will spend 6 months with the project from September to
March or March to September, with the remaining 6 months spent working with
Durrell’s Bird Department.
Choughs have been
absent from the Channel Islands for nearly a century and with the UK population
in serious decline this is an exciting opportunity to help restore an enigmatic
species. For further information, or to
submit a letter of application and CV for consideration, please contact
eluned.price@durrell.org. The closing date is 30th April 2017.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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