During the last 19 years, the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust (PCT) has played a vital role in the recovery of flagship bird species - including corncrakes and curlews through specialist captive breeding, "headstarting" and habitat restoration efforts.

Now both programmes have been transferred to the newly-formed Deepdale Conservation Trust, based a few miles away in Burnham Deepdale, whose mission is to continue the protection of endangered native species.

Curlews are one of the endangered birds helped by breeding projects run by Pensthorpe Conservation Trust (Image: Newsquest) The full handover, which began in 2024, included support with........

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