A Proud Moment for PSUK: Dame Judi Dench Appointed Patron
The Parrot Society UK
As outlined in a short history of the Parrot Society, The Parrot Society was founded in 1966, so 2016 marked its 50th anniversary. Throughout that year, the specially designed 50th anniversary logo marked this milestone, and celebrations culminated with a highly successful and well-received anniversary seminar at Chester Zoo in September. This event included some quality speakers and a wide range of subjects covered, such that all PSUK members should have the opportunity to benefit from the event. A series of articles summarising the content of the talks, with some pictures illustrating the event, appeared in our magazine over the ensuing months, and these are reproduced here.
THE SPIX’S MACAW - THE AMAZING STORY OF THE WORLD’S RAREST BIRD Well on into the afternoon now, but with no sign of flagging enthusiasm from our delegates – and little wonder, as next to take the podium was well-known parrot keeper and conservationist Tony...
Steve Brookes was followed by David Woolcock, curator of Paradise Park and trustee of the World Parrot Trust. David reiterated the comments of previous speakers in saying that a very high percentage of the world’s parrot species are endangered, so...
Next to take the podium was Rosemary Low, the well-known prolific writer on all things parrot, and regular speaker at conferences and meetings around the world. Her subject was “Parrot conservation in situ: a worldwide overview”, and this must have been one of the...
The morning continued with our prestigious speaker from the USA, Dr Mark Stafford. The atrocious weather conditions of the day before had caused travel disruption for many of our guests, but none more so than Dr Stafford and his wife Marie. They flew in from America...
As outlined in a short history of the Parrot Society, The Parrot Society was founded in 1966, so 2016 marked its 50th anniversary. Throughout that year, the specially designed 50th anniversary logo marked this milestone, and celebrations culminated with...