Funded by Operation Chough at Paradise Park:
1991
The feeding ecology of the Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax L. in West Wales, and the feasibility of re-establishment in Cornwall
Richard Meyer PhD
University of Glasgow Thesis
The content is listed below, and chapters can downloaded by clicking on the text links. The complete thesis can be downloaded by clicking the link at the bottom of the list. The thesis has been copied and scanned as Adobe Acrobat .pdf files.
- Table of contents
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Methods
- Chapter 3 – Status and decline
- Chapter 4 – Habitat
- Chapter 5- Food intake
- Chapter 6 – Foraging behaviour and activity patterns
- Chapter 7 – Re-establishment of the chough in Cornwall
- Chapter 8 – General discussion
- Bibliography
- Appendices
- Complete Thesis (download approx. 11.5 Mb)
Funded by Operation Chough at Paradise Park and Conservation Works:
2011
A pilot release of captive-bred red-billed choughs into Cornwall, UK
Publication: Global Re-introduction Perspectives
Malcolm Burgess, David Woolcock, R B Hales & Alison Hales
- Click for PDF (six pages)
- Click to view on IUCN website – Click for online version at IUCN / SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group (2011). See 2011 book, page 135 (150 in the PDF file).
2012
Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Malcolm D Burgess, David Woolcock, R B Hales, Alison J Hales & Rebecca Waite
Publication: Zoo Biology
Other papers in which Operation Chough and Paradise Park have contributed:
2011
Mitochondrial DNA monomorphism in Red‐billed Choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in the United Kingdom
AIvna Kocijan & Michael W. Bruford
Publication: Bird Study
2012
Pronounced genetic structure and low genetic diversity in European red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) populations
Marius A. Wenzel, Lucy M. I. Webster, Guillermo Blanco, Malcolm D. Burgess, Christian Kerbiriou, Gernot Segelbacher, Stuart B. Piertney, Jane M. Reid
Publication: Conservation Genetics
2021
Reintroduction of the red-billed chough in Jersey, British Channel Islands
Elizabeth Corry1*, Carl G. Jones1, Alison Hales2 & Glyn Young1
1 – Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, La Profonde Rue, Trinity, Jersey, JE3 5BP, Channel Islands * – Elizabeth.Corry@durrell.org
2 – Paradise Park, 16 Trelissick Rd, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4HY, UK
Publication: Global conservation translocation perspectives: 2021
- Click for PDF (five pages)
- Click to view on IUCN website – Click for online version at IUCN / SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group. See 2021 book, page 103 (118 in the PDF file).
Further papers by Richard Meyer:
1988
Gapeworm infection in Choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax: further evidence.
Richard M Meyer & Vic R Simpson
Publication: Bird Study
1989
Ecology of the Chough in West Wales
R M Meyer
Unpublished Report for the NCC, Dyfed-Powys
1990
Observations on two Red-billed Choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in Cornwall: habitat use and food intake
R M Meyer
Publication: Bird Study
1990
The predictability and patterns of vigilant behaviour
R M Meyer
Publication: Behavioural Processes 22: 41-46
1994
The diet of the Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax as indicated by analysis of digested prey remains
R M Meyer
Publication: Avocetta 18: 95-106.
