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 six-month
placements are available, one starting on 1st September 2017 and the other on
1st March 2018. Durrell houses a captive
collection of choughs at Jersey Zoo, 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 2017 to March 2018, or March to September 2018. Students are able to extend their placements
either before or after working on the chough project and spend the additional
time working with Durrell’s Bird Department. Placement students work full-time,
five days per week. Placements are unpaid, so students need to be fully
self-financing.
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 15th August 2017
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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