They say the rifle range is perfect foraging habitat for choughs as long as they avoid the targets and that the short grass and low level of disturbance encourages plenty of insects that the birds love to eat.
At the end of last year the team who’ve been working for the last few years on a project to return the sociable birds to the wild caught 14 of them flying in from Devil’s Hole to eat their breakfast at the range and say it’s become part of their daily routine.
The species became extinct in the Channel Islands a century ago and the team have worked hard to boost the flock of free-flying choughs on the Island’s north coast. They’ll no doubt be hoping to track them down on a bit safer ground in future!
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(Picture credit: Liz Corry)