@Lewis17J @BirdgirlUK We are always happy to take people out and show them the Great Bustards, you can book guided visits here

@nanobot_bedbug I like this kind of positivity! Find out more about Great Bustards here

There were 18 Great Bustards in the picture.

@wessexwildlife Even with the damp and cold there are some amazing sights on the Plain at this time of year- 2 Barn Owl, a huge flock of Golden Plover, hundreds of Fieldfare, Cornbuntings, lots of Hares, Grey Partridge, and of course the Great Bustards were some of my favourites from yesterday.

RT @BirdingBeijing: A few of the Great Bustards currently wintering near Cangzhou in Hebei Province.

A rather cold day to be out and about, we enjoyed watching the Great Bustards preening this morning, as well as spotting these Grey Partridge. Our guided visits run daily through out the year, a brilliant chance to get some Wintery pictures at the moment!

@TimothyDaw Hi Tim, these aren't Great Bustards, they are Turkeys. We do currently have juveniles going through dispersal, and could turn up anywhere, so please do keep looking and reporting if you do see any.

We have a couple of volunteer opportunities available, please email enquiries@greatbustard.org if you are interested in either role.

Happy new year, we wish all our supporters a healthy, happy and successful 2025. Photo thanks to Phillip Tryner.

If you are looking for a last minute Christmas present, and want to get something meaningful how about a years GBG membership, or a trip to come and see the project?

Great Bustards enjoying a brief spell of sunshine recently.The black 17 wing tag identifies one of these females as a bird that was rescued as an egg from silage cutting in Russia, in 2011, before getting released onto Salisbury Plain. Thanks to Paul Carson for the photo.

Give an experience as a gift this Christmas, whilst also supporting the Great Bustards! Vouchers for our 2 hour guided visits are available here -

@Kfordnature @kfordbirder Her behaviour is quite unusual, juveniles usually explore for a year and then come back and stay close to their release site for the rest of their lives, she only comes back to her release site at breeding time. We will be looking out for her again down here come the Spring!

During the Autumn and Winter months we undertake a lot of our monitoring, looking at numbers of birds and for natural productivity. This morning our thermal scope was very useful when we were caught in a brief snow shower, easily showing us this drove of females.

Thanks to the trackers on some of the juvenile birds, over the last week we have seen flight speeds of up to 32mph,flights lasting around 45 minutes and one bird is following the contours of the land she is on. Drop us any Great Bustard sightings at enquiries@greatbustard.org.

Photo thanks to Steve Colwill.