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Saratov wingS ingreat Britain

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the goal of life iS living in agreement with natureZeno, Greek philosopher


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Introduction When we start to think

about the project wewanted to find the themewhich connects our own

region and Great Britain.That was the difficult aim.At first we tried to findsome historical events,but suddenly we foundthe other information.


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We learned at theGeography lessons aboutthe symbol of our region -

bustard. And we were verysurprised when suddenlysaw that bird on the flagand on the blazon ofWiltshire. It was interestingto know how our symbolcould appear on the flag andblazon of English county.

Our project is dedicated tothe extinct symbol of thecounty Wiltshire. This bird isdrawn on the flag andblazon of the county. It isthe bustard.


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Chapter 1Wiltshire History and Its Flag

Wiltshire (Wilts) is aceremonial county in SouthWest England.

Wiltshire is characterized byits high downland and widevalleys. Salisbury Plain isfamous as the location ofthe Stonehenge andAvebury stone circles.The original name of thecounty rises to the 9-thcentury from the name of

the river Wylye.


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The "Bustard flag" wascreated in 2007. It is partlybased on the flag of theWiltshire County. The colourscan represent hope, joy andsafety (green) and peace

(white). An image of the GreatBustard stands at the centre ofthe flag.

This bird had been extinct in

England since 1832. SalisburyPlain, at the heart of the county,is one of only two areas in GreatBritain in which the GreatBustard originally lived.


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Chapter 2Great Bustard The Great Bustard is a

large bird in the Bustardfamily. Great Bustardscan fly, and are the

heaviest flying animalalive today. Male GreatBustards reaches up toone meter tall andweighing up to 16kg.


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The head and neck arepale blue-grey; the body

and tail are brown withblack bars, and underparts white. The wings ofthe Great Bustard aremostly white with dark.Males in breedingplumage grow large whitemoustachial whiskers(20cm long). The GreatBustard is omnivorous,meaning it eats both

animal and plant matter. They take young shoots,

leaves, flowers, ripe andunripe seeds butoccasionally also roots,

berries and fruits.


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Nesting

Great Bustards nest onthe ground, making asmall depression andsometimes lining it with afew pieces of vegetation.Two eggs are normally

laid. Eggs weigh about150g.

They vary in colour fromgrey to green orbrownish, with darker

blotches.


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Chicks are about 20 cmlong and weigh about100g. They are grey withdark brown or blackmarkings. By threemonths they are able to

fly. Great Bustards are most

likely to have evolved indry tropical grasslandplains, but since mans

extensive forestclearances and cultivationof land, open habitat hasincreased.


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Chapter 3Bringing back the Bustard byGreat Bustard Group

Great Britain, the same asmany other countries, tries

to establish a self-sustaining population ofbustards in the UK. Thebustard is listed asVulnerable in the Red Listof Globally ThreatenedSpecies.


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The Great BustardGroup (GBG) is the UK

Registered Charitywhich tries to establishpopulation of bustardsin the UK and create

practical conservationmeasures for GreatBustards in Saratov,Russia. The head of thisgroup is David Waters, awell-known British stagemanager-director (theauthor of documentaryfilms about wild nature).


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Great Bustards were

formerly very much part ofBritish wildlife before theywere finally hunted out ofexistence in Britain by the1840s.

They are currently listed asVulnerable in Red List ofGlobally ThreatenedSpecies.


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The Great Bustard Group was setup in 1998 to explore the

possibility of reintroducing theGreat Bustard to the UK. Thestudy took several years tocompile and investigated allacademic and practical researchon Great Bustards andreintroductions in general. In2003, the Department for theEnvironment, Food and Rural

Affairs issued a 10-year trial-licence to release Great Bustardsin the UK. Releases have takenplace annually since 2004.


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Saratov wings in the UK Great Bustards for the UKreintroduction come from the

population in the RussianFederation. This is the secondlargest population in the world,estimated at 8,000 individuals.This population is centred in theTrans-Volga region of southernRussia, principally Saratovregion.

Since the 1980s The A. N.Severtsov Institute of Ecologyand Evolution have beencollecting eggs from doomednests and incubating them.


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The Institute is now running

a captive rear and releaseproject instead, releasingGreat Bustards back into thewild in Russia and alsoproviding the chicks for theUK reintroduction.

And now the nestings whichwere grown up in Saratovand brought to Salisburystart to produce newgeneration of English Great

Bustard.


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ConclusionAnalyzing all our project wecome to the following conclusion: We get to know that the

county Wiltshire is famous notonly for Stonehenge and its

medieval cathedral and manyhistorically important mansionsand beautiful nature but alsofor Great Bustard brought fromour Saratov region.

The co-operation betweendifferent countries plays themain part in the saving of wildnature.


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We must take care of not only

disappearing animals but of allones. Because now days thesespecies are numerous but insome years they can be extinct.

It is necessary to open groups

of establishing population ofdifferent animals. The wild nature of our region is

similar to the wild nature ofGreat Britain.


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Thank you very much for your

attention!

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