A Proud Moment for PSUK: Dame Judi Dench Appointed Patron
The Parrot Society UK
As part of its commitment to parrots and their welfare, and under the terms of its constitution as a charitable organisation, The Parrot Society UK sets aside a percentage of its funds to support financially several worthwhile conservation projects around the world.
At present several projects are regularly supported – Scarlet macaws in Costa Rica, the ‘tinning’ of trees to protect cockatoo nest sites in Australia, corn supplementation to aid Lear’s macaws in Brazil, Grey-breasted parakeets (conures), the Vinaceous Amazon parrot, and the Reserve Ecologica de Guapiacu (REGUA) also all in Brazil.
This elusive bird has been the subject of previous attention and publication by the Parrot Society UK, but a recent application for funding from Conservation Partners in Australia has resulted in the following award and feedback: The Night Parrot (Pezoporus...
The Parrot Society already has become involved in conservation projects in Africa, via Rowan Martin and the World Parrot Trust, with highly successful co-ordination and rehabilitation of African grey parrots confiscated from smugglers in the Democratic Republic of...
This summary received from Mark Hall: Fuerte’s Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi - also known as Indigo-winged parrot) is an endemic species to Colombia and one of the rarest bird species in the country. It is found exclusively in the temperate...
Vaness Tavares Kanaan gives a personal presentation to our members on this ongoing project! PSUK has continued to fund this worthwhile conservation work, and on a recent trip to Europe, Vanessa Tavares Kanaan, our contact in, and president of, the Instituto Fauna...
The original article below from Tony Pittman was published in 2000, since which time considerable progress has been made in improving the plight of the Lear's Macaw in the Bahia region of Brazil, primarily by the Lymington Foundation, supported by regular donations...
GREY BREASTED CONURE - Pyrrhura Grisiepectus Last Update: June 2018 The Aquasis organisation has successfully established several breeding pairs of these birds in protected areas in this part of north-eastern Brazil. Other species like snakes and bees also...
The Scarlet Macaw (Ara Macao) in Costa RicaAn Environmental Education Project Scarlet Macaw in flight (PSUK stock image) This project has been part-funded from the PSUK Conservation Fund for several years now, with regular reports received from Dr...
Following the success of the 'tree tinning' project, we announced in September 2018 that ongoing financial support from the Parrot Society's Conservation fund has allowed Ray Ackroyd to produce a batch of artificial nest boxes to increase potential cockatoo nesting...
As with many species of birds and animals throughout the world, loss of habitat and competition from other more adaptive species and the general influence of Man on the fine balance of the natural world, is potentially putting them at risk of extinction. We...
The Laney Rickman reserve Logo, and overview 17 August 2020 - In 2019 the Parrot Society UK sent a further grant from its Conservation Fund to support the reserve and its programme of protecting the Blue-throated Macaws. Bennett Hennessy has just sent us this...
African Grey parrots have been heavily trapped for many years for the pet trade, leading to collapses of wild populations. A recognition of falling populations led to this species (and its close relative the Timneh grey - Psittacus timneh) being upgraded to...