Rescue birds to be released
A trio of baby kestrels that were rescued and nursed back to health by animal experts were being released back into the grounds of an award-winning theme park in Staffordshire today. A trio of baby kestrels that were rescued and nursed back to health by animal experts were being released back into the grounds of an award-winning theme park in Staffordshire today. Pestex, an environmental and wildlife management service based in Cannock, found the kestrels alone at the top of a building in West Bromwich earlier this month during maintenance work. The baby birds were thought to be only a few days old, and their mother was discovered dead nearby. Read the full story in the Express & Star.
Pestex, an environmental and wildlife management service based in Cannock, found the kestrels alone at the top of a building in West Bromwich earlier this month during maintenance work.
The baby birds were thought to be only a few days old, and their mother was discovered dead nearby.
Initially the kestrels were monitored by Pestex in case the father returned but after a couple of days the decision was made by Martin Warner, from the company's falconry and wildlife division, to intervene otherwise the birds would have died.
"Once the kestrels were nursed back to health we knew that we would have to find them a new home, which is when I contacted George Bryan Jnr, Drayton Manor Theme Park's general manager," said Mr Warner.
"We have a long running relationship with Drayton Manor as we take care of its wildlife management requirements and I knew it would help."
Mr Bryan Jnr added: "Drayton Manor has an excellent zoo and conservation is very important to us so we thought it only appropriate that we provide the birds with a new home.
"The land around Drayton Manor is an ideal location for the kestrels as there is plenty of woodland and fields."
