Gizmo

Profile Picture and Leg Ring Combination Code

Green
Yellow
White

What is this?

Each crane has a unique combination of 3 coloured rings on their right leg. This marking code helps to identify the crane in the wild.

Sex: Male
Date of Hatching (birthday): 7 May, 2011
Date of Release: 22 August, 2011
Tracking Tag: Radio tracking
Status: Deceased
Champion Status: Championed

Character profile:

Green Yellow is the only crane so far where both wild German parents are ringed. Sadly its sibling egg was an infertile (clear) and was not transported back to the UK. It is a fairly timid chick and was scared to leave its coop for a number of days! JUNE UPDATE: Green Yellow is now starting to come out of itself and seems to be forming a bond with Black Red, the youngest crane.August: Green Yellow is a lot more confident around the others and us his parents. He loves to search for invertebrates and isoften seen chasing about the enclosure after a tasty treat! October: Green Yellow has become a well integrated member of the flock of 2010 and 2011 cranes that are now feeding and roosting together out on the Levels and Moors.Nov/Dec: Gizmo was named by Middlezoy Primary school in early November, but was sadly taken by a fox near to where he had been roosting on December 9th 2011. We think that he may have taken himself away from the group to recover from illness (which the cranes often seem to do) which may have made him more vulnerable to attack. He will be missed by the project team.