Sedge aka Beate's Bird

Profile Picture and Leg Ring Combination Code

• White
• Yellow
• Red

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.

Character profile:

Summer 2010: Sedge was the last egg to be collected in Germany.  We were rapidly running out of options for collection in a particular area on the last day that we could before transportation to UK and Beate from the Vielfalt Biosphere team came up trumps with a fantastic nest site. The egg and now the bird has become known as Beate's Bird and has also developed the nickname Sedge.  Sedge is one the last to hatch and the baby of the bunch this year, and has turned into a very dark and attractive bird. She is high ranking, good-natured, calm and inquisitive, and is prepared to defend herself if provoked. She has no siblings.  Sept 2010: Sedge has formed an allegiance with Reg and Monty and these three birds together are behaving very independently to the rest of the group.  They now roost at an alternative location at night, and are often feeding in different areas to the others during the day. A very tight bond seems to exist between them and they are rarely seen apart.  Sedge's satellite tag helped us establish exactly where she was roosting.October 2010: Her group seems to have rejoined the group roosting at night in the release enclosure. They are still seen as a seperate tight knit group during the day. They have been exploring the farthest out of all the cranes and are usually the first to find new areas to explore.November 2010: Sedge and her group have recently joined Clarences group and all 20 birds are usually seen flying and foraging everywhere together.November 2010: In the last few days the 3 amigos were alone again, flying around finding new decoys we had put out. They found the maize stubbles for the rest of the cranes and since then it has become the favourite food for the group! Sedge is now sticking with Clarences group again, although Reg and Monty have still been flying around as a duo.JAN 2011: Sedge has been part of the flock during the winter, and has not strayed off on her own at any stage. She remains a very dark and more brown than grey-looking bird, unlike many of the others.  It will be interesting to see if this continues in her adult plumage colouration.March 2011:  Sedge is still part of the main flock and as with Monty and Reg we are still waiting to see if the three amigos will reform. Regarding her unusual dark colouration when young. Now she is moulting we can see that she is now the same colour as the other cranes.September 2011:  Sedge is now well on her way to becoming fully grown, and has some of her stunning adult plumage, fron the red head to the bold white neck stripe, and a beautiful bustle.  She is nt the most confident bird, and seems to be content not being at the centre of the action.

Photos of Sedge aka Beate's Bird

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