Albert

Profile Picture and Leg Ring Combination Code

White
Blue
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): 25 April, 2011
Date of Release: 22 August, 2011
Tracking Tag: Radio tracking
Champion Status: Championed

Character profile:

Albert is a very pretty/handsome crane with oddly coloured white toe-nails! It hatched from one of the smallest eggs of the 2011 batch, amongst the April 25/26 rush of five hatchlings. Its sibling is White Green. It is the dominant crane in the 'B block' cohort but now that this group has been introduced to the big gang from A block, it is very wary - particularly of Red Blue, (the oldest) with which it had a bit of a scrap...and lost. It is now trying to find its place in the pecking order. August: Albert likes to hang around with Red Yellow and Red Blue at the moment but is friendly to all the others and hardly ever gets into fights! He never stands still and is always busy, especially catching insects. He also loves flying and will often be seen developing his flight muscles ready for release! OCT UPDATE: Albert is a fine and well integrated member of the flock of 34 cranes that are regulalry being seen out and about foraging on craneflies and in barley stubbles and on specially provided unharvested crop areas.