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Let the hatching commence!

Published on May 3, 2013, by Damon Bridge
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  Egg number 4 - which 'pipped' last night.


Fantastic news... the first of the eggs transported back on 1st May has just begun the hatching process - watch this space for more exciting news soon!


10 eggs were driven back from Germany, arriving safely at the WWT Slimbridge rearing centre on Wednesday evening - with another 10 remaining in the incubation room at the Glambecker Mill in Brandenburg to be transported nearer hatching. 


Harry has remained in Germany to keep an eye on the incubating eggs, while Amy and the seasonal team start to deal with the hatchlings. 


 The Mill in Brandenburg where the eggs are incubated prior to transport to the UK


Nige and I will collect a handful more eggs in the middle of next week and transport all remaining back to the England at the weekend.  We will be joined by Melanie Tomlinson, the crane project artist, employed by Somerset Art Works, Richard Archer the RSPB's Somerset conservation officer, and Sacha Dench  - head of PR for WWT Slimbridge, who is making a film on the work of the WWT in the project.   Harry will fly back from Germany as soon as we arrive to help Amy with the hatching... which should be happeneing thick and fast by then!


    

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Damon’s role is to act as the hub of the project - making sure everyone involved knows what is going on and that it is all running smoothly. He is also responsible for project community awareness work in Somerset, construction of the release enclosure, and running the post release monitoring work in Somerset.  Damon works alongside the RSPB reserve teams in Somerset.