The Crane Mother
Cranes are wonderful, iconic birds. In Great Britain, they were lost around 400 years ago as a result of the draining of their wetland nesting sites, and hunting for food.
Since 2010, the crane project has focused on the reintroduction of cranes into the Somerset County. During five years, a team of Beate Blahy, ranger in Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide – Chorin, Brandenburg, collect about 20 crane eggs every year. These eggs are transported to England, where they are been breeded, raised and trained for a living in the wild.I took the photos an wrote the story, published in the Country Magazine.
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