Champions

If your school, community group, or local business is in Somerset, you could become a crane champion!  

Becoming a champion connects your school or group intimately with a crane, as you follow a particular bird’s progress over the coming years, learning to live in and adapt to the UK landscape.  There are already more than a dozen local primary schools that have become champions as well as local community groups and a few local businesses too!

Project staff and volunteers will often be available to visit local schools and larger community groups to talk about amazing cranes and wonderful wetlands. 

Championing a crane could not be simpler.  Just go to contacts (link at bottom of page) and send the name of your school, community group or local business, your contact details and which bird you would like to champion.  Your group, school or businesses' name will then be put up on the site alongside your chosen bird and you will be contacted with the link to this bird's page.  You will also be sent an electronic champion's certificate to print out and display with pride!   

You will then be able to follow the progress of 'your' crane via the 'meet the cranes' pages over the coming years and also see where it was last sighted on the interactive sightings map.

For larger groups and schools, it will also be possible to arrange a trip to one of the RSPB reserves, or other sites, lead by project staff or volunteers to see wetland wildlife, learn about the importance of wetland habitats for cranes and with any luck to see your very own crane!

To set yourself up just click on the word contact and send your details!