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	bustard - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The great bustard, Otis tarda, of Europe and central Asia, is the largest European land-bird; the adult male may be 4 ft (10.2 m) long with an 8-ft (20.3-m) wingspread and may weigh 30 lb (13.6 kg).
		Bustards are stocky birds with long necks and strong legs; their feet are built for running, with flat toes, broad soles, and no hind toe.
		Bustards have been extensively hunted for food; they are extinct in Britain and are becoming scarce in the northern part of their range.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-bustard.html (467 words)

	Sandgrouse - Great Bustard in Iran
		Great Bustard is known from six provinces in Iran.
		Great Bustard Otis tarda nests and egg-laying chronology in 1993
		Great Bustards were observed feeding in crops such as wheat, barley, alfafa, pea and lentil.
	www.osme.org /sand221/bust.html (1607 words)

	Defra, UK - News: focus - Biodiversity - Defra grants licence to bring great bustards back to Salisbury Plain
		The great bustard, the heaviest flying bird in the world and once native to the UK, may well be seen again on Salisbury Plain, having been absent in the UK for 170 years.
		One of the licence conditions is that this project must not adversely affect the great bustard donor population in Saratov.
		In this project, The Great Bustard Group is pioneering the use of specialist isolation-rearing techniques for great bustards.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/issues/2004/greatbustard04.htm (1032 words)

	Body (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In central Europe the Great Bustard is on the threshold of a minimum viable population.
		Great Bustards are remarkably terrestrial, and are reluctant to fly in poor weather.
		The Great Bustard inhabits large areas of unbroken habitat in which farming is often the main landuse.
	www.bilkent.edu.tr /~ianr/bustards/actionplan1.htm (2963 words)

	Mainpage (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The great Bustard, amongst the heaviest flying birds in the world, once roamed the open spaces of England but has not nested here since 1832.
		Bustard, or Bustarde, sometimes Bistard, is an old word dating at least as far back as the fourteenth century.
		The great Bustard is often stately but the word tarda is rather surprising as this species is capable of running quickly and has a surprisingly fast flight.
	www.greatbustard.com.cob-web.org:8888 /about.htm (317 words)

	Sandgrouse - Great Bustard in Turkey
		The Great Bustard can be used as a flagship species to increase public awareness of the international importance of steppes and dry grasslands in Turkey.
		Great Bustard was found in all study areas (Table 2), with a total of 83 birds, 34 males and 49 females.
		Great Bustards were not recorded outside the study areas along transects or elsewhere.
	www.osme.org /sand232/gbust.html (2088 words)

	Great bustard reintroduction project - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Great Bustard Group (GBG) is attempting to reintroduce great bustards to Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
		In 2004, 27 young great bustards arrived from Saratov in Russia and were released at a prepared site on Salisbury Plain, followed by a further 32 in 2005.
		Until the end of the 18th century, great bustards were widely distributed in England on open chalk downland, grassy heaths and agricultural land.
	www.rspb.org.uk /england/southwest/conservation/greatbustard.asp (558 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Great Bustard
		The great bustard, otis tarda, is the heaviest flying bird in the world.
		Along with the swan and the peacock, weighing in between 18 - 25kg, this bird was considered suitable fare for the nobility at banquets in the 15th Century.
		Great bustards are shy, wary and mainly terrestrial, frequenting extensively cultivated fields and grassy plains.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A2911213 (1053 words)

	The big bustards
		And among the bustards are three huge ones in the genus Ardeotis: the Kori Bustard A.
		Great Indian Bustards can breed at any time of year but it is usually initiated by the start of the rains.
		The Great Indian Bustards and habitat shots are from Desert Nat'l Park, Rajasthan, India, in March 2001.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/bigbustards.html (1289 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Great Bustard
		The great bustard is the world's heaviest flying bird and can weigh up to 20kg and stand to the height of an adult roe deer.
		Of all the birds to grace Britain's skies, the great bustard was the largest, the strangest and, possibly, the most delicious.
		The Great Bustard is to be reintroduced to Salisbury Plain next summer after being hunted to extinction 130 years ago.
	conservation.mongabay.com /files/Great_Bustard.htm (746 words)

	Great Bustard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Bustard, Otis tarda, is in the bustard family, the only member of the genus Otis.
		The female is 30% smaller and half the weight, averaging 6.5 kg (14.3 lb).
		Great bustards typically live for around 10 years, but some have been known to live up to 15 years or more.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Bustard (508 words)

	Bustard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Great Bustard is the heaviest flying bird in the world, whose numbers are dwindling globally due mainly to habitat loss caused by modern agricultural methods : the only remaining populations are on the open grasslands of the Iberian peninsula and on the Russian Steppes.
		Twenty-eight young Great Bustards arrived on Salisbury Plain from Russia at the beginning of August, the first of a number of annual imports in the latest attempt to reintroduce the bird to the Plain, from where it disappeared in the mid 1830s.
		The extinction of the Great Bustard in the 19th century was caused by a number of factors, the main ones being hunting and the destruction of nests, along with the collection of eggs.
	www.drumbeat.org.uk /bustard.htm (691 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Great Bustard young heading to UK
		Forty Great Bustard chicks will be brought over from the Saratov region of Russia in June, with the help of UK government and European funding.
		The Great Bustard once roamed grassland areas from the West Country to the Scottish Borders but was last seen in Britain in 1832.
		Great Bustards, which are omnivorous and include seeds, insects, moles and rats in their diet, nest in fields of crops and are thought to live for up to 25 years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/3615477.stm (513 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Great Bustard
		According to him, in the African desert there are bushes and birds that are threatened with extinction, as is the case with the great bustard.
		This is what happened before the great bustard was brought back to the plains of Salisbury, and before the northern pool frog was unleashed on East Anglia.
		The great bustard is the world's heaviest bird, up to 20kg under that plumage, two metres across the wings and given to a booming call when excited and wanting...
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Great_Bustard.htm (550 words)

	Mainpage (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Following the release of the new group of Great Bustards (33) at the end of August the main bulk of the birds formed a single flock and remained in the vicinity of the release site.
		Iberian Great Bustards (which are considered to disperse rather than migrate) will perform seasonal movements of up to 250 km between breeding and wintering areas.
		The movement by wintering Great Bustards from Saratov to Ukraine is about 960 km, so it is possible consider the movement of the released Great Bustards as dispersal rather than migration.
	www.greatbustard.com.cob-web.org:8888 /News.htm (722 words)

	BirdForum - Great Bustard arrives at Heathrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Great Bustards, aged between six and eight weeks, landed at Heathrow on flight BA0873 from Moscow - the first of a series of batches that, it is hoped, will see the establishment of a population of the world's heaviest flying bird.
		The Great Bustards are the heaviest flying bird in the world and once native to the UK.
		The Great Bustard Consortium, which is made up of the Great Bustard Group (a group of interested great bustard enthusiasts) and the University of Stirling, sought approval to release up to 40 Great Bustard chicks per year (for five to ten years) on to Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=20854 (1658 words)

	Heavyweight comeback: great bustard returns to the British Independent, The (London) - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		But with the aid of a slope and a run, the great bustard can indeed get airborne and is surprisingly strong on the wing, capable of flying considerable distances non-stop.
		Forty great bustard chicks are being brought from southern Russia in June, and it is hoped they will form the nucleus of a wild, self- sustaining flock living on the chalk grasslands of Wiltshire.
		But although the sea eagle return has been a great success, with the introduced birds from Norway having spawned a new British population now consisting of more than 20 pairs, with the great bustard there are no guarantees.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040410/ai_n12785897 (858 words)

	Somerset Ornithological Society - A Bravenet.com Forum
		The Great Bustard Group is currently updating its website so that it will be able to keep it current with news and photos of the Bustards as they move around and also report on progress in Russia.
		It would certainly be great news to have Great Bustards back in England and I would certainly like to see flocks like those in Spain (which are truly a sight to behold) but previous attempts have failed and I can see no reason why this one may succeed where others have not.
		The Great Bustard Group is dedicated to the conservation of Great Bustards and undertakes seasonal surveys throughout Saratovskaya (a region that is home to the vast majority of Great Bustards in Russia that includes the donor population) to establish population trends.
	pub13.bravenet.com /forum/1065729998/show/578224 (1964 words)

	Hungary's Great Bustard Protection Programme under threat
		The government decision is apparently the result of a lack of interest or appreciation of the importance of the programme amongst government officials.
		The Great Bustard Otis tarda is globally threatened and is covered by several international conventions.
		The MME Great Bustard Protection Programme has been running successfully for 11 years, with MME co-ordinating and undertaking practical conservation work such as the active protection of nest sites at risk from agricultural practices.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2000/03/46.html (249 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire News - An Exhibition is planned to boost the work of the Great Bustard Group
		The Great Bustard is one of the world's largest birds it stands a metre high and weighs in at 20kg.
		The Great Bustard Group is hoping to re-introduce the Great Bustard back on to Salisbury Plain.
		Plans to reintroduce the Great Bustard on to Salisbury Plain are to get a boost from an art exhibition.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/news/052002/22/bustard.shtml (330 words)

	Great Indian Bustard thrives in Kutch sanctuary
		The great Indian bustard (GIB), a majestic bird facing extinction, is doing well in the Lala-Parjau sanctuary, near Jakhau, in western Kutch.
		Locally called `ghorad', the great Indian bustard is a big, shy bird, resembling the ostrich.
		The Bombay Natural History Society, which has conducted extensive studies on the three Indian bustard species - namely the great Indian, the lesser florican and the Bengal florican - has estimated that the total population of the great Indian bustard in all 12 sanctuaries in the country is only about 1,000.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19991108/ige08015.html (607 words)

	THREAT TO THE GREAT BUSTARD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		the threat to the survival of the north german great bustard (otis tarda) population must be removed
		Their success has promoted the Great Bustard to unofficial Land Brandenburg emblem, and the presence of the birds regularly attracts much needed eco-tourism into the economically weak Brandenburg region.
		The news that work has begun on the erection of a wind park within an International Bird Area (IBA), and immediately adjacent to the Great Bustard nature reserve on the Karower Platte and the European Bird Protection Area Fiener Bruch, is therefore alarming.
	www.proact-campaigns.net /ppsi/id41.html (756 words)

	Funding for Great Bustard Project Available
		The Pannonic Society for Great Bustard Preservation (PGG), an Austrian NGO working on the conservation of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda), offers a 10,000 EURO single grant to fund a project focusing on conservation work on the Great Bustard.
		Proposals and inquiries should be sent by email “PGG Great Bustard Project” as subject to Michael.dvorak@birdlife at by 30 September 2006.
		The board of the PGG is expected to select the successful project application by the end of October 2006.
	www.cms.int /news/PRESS/nwPR2006/May/nw260506_great_bustard_grant.htm (166 words)

	Topical Words: Bustard
		It was once relatively common and was a prized dish, considered excellent eating; stuck with cloves, it was prepared by roasting or baking exactly like a turkey.
		In the late eighteenth century the bustard was hanging on in the open turnip fields of Wiltshire, with reports of flocks of fifty or more.
		But by the 1790s it was said to be very rare and shortly after it vanished for ever from the English countryside as well as the English dining table.
	www.worldwidewords.org /topicalwords/tw-bus1.htm (592 words)

	Great Indian Bustard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Indian Bustard at Ghatigaon Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh
		The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) is a bustard found in India and possibly Pakistan.
		The bird is found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Indian_Bustard (183 words)

	Boreal Forests of the World Bird Species - Great Bustard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Great Bustard is one of the largest birds capable of flight.
		The Great Bustard is legally protected in some European countries.
		Future conservation targets for the species include conducting research into limiting factors, protecting and managing breeding areas, ensuring the availability of winter habitat, upgrading existing and establishing new protected areas in east Asia, implementing agri-environment measures for low intensity farming, preventing steppe fires, preventing illegal hunting, prevent collisions with power-lines and raising public awareness.
	www.borealforest.org /world/birds/great_bustard.htm (213 words)

	Great Indian Bustard - care4nature.org - an ecological footprint ...
		The Great Indian Bustard (Maldhok) is one of such rarest birds of Indian Sub continent.
		The respective State Governments have declared the sancturies for the Great Indian Bustard.
		The Great Indian Bustard (Choriotis Nigriceps (Vigors)) is one of the rarest birds of Indian subcontinent.
	www.care4nature.org /wildindia/bustard/description.htm (252 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Devon \| Rare egg returned after 43 years
		The little bustard's egg was anonymously returned to Overbeck's Museum, Salcombe, wrapped in bubble wrap in an old cigar tin.
		Attached was a letter which said the small grey-brown egg was stolen during a hitch-hiking trip in 1963.
		"However, as the little bustard's egg was by far the rarer, I am sure you'll be pleased to have it returned," added the writer.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/6057802.stm (282 words)

	Defra, UK: News releases 2003: DEFRA GRANTS LICENCE TO BRING GREAT BUSTARDS BACK TO SALISBURY PLAIN
		The Great Bustard, the heaviest flying bird in the world and once native to the UK, might be seen again on Salisbury Plain through a trial re-introduction scheme approved today by Ben Bradshaw, the Minister for Nature Conservation.
		The Great Bustard Consortium, which is made up of the Great Bustard Group (a group of interested great bustard enthusiasts) and the University of Stirling, sought approval to release up to 40 Great Bustard chicks per year (for five to 10 years) on to Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire.
		The Great Bustard Consortium may be contacted through David Waters (WBustard@aol.com), Garden Cottage, Clarendon Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3EP, telephone 01722 710 779
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/2003/031103c.htm (506 words)

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