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White-naped Cranes (Antigone vipio)
Occasionally, I come across old photos and videos I'd forgotten I had.
Thus it was with this video or a pair of White-naped Cranes at a Wetlands Centre in London a few years ago, where they still live.
At nesting times these Cranes gather in large numbers at its natural wetland habitats so there's always something sad about a pair like this denied that opportunity, although it's much sadder that such measures have become necessary with some species.
Watch these elegant birds here:
The White-naped Crane is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm long, approximately 130 cm tall and weighing about 5.6 kg with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch.
Similar species: Crane-like Birds
By Philip Booker
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Uploaded Jan 25, 2022. Captured in WWT London Wetland Centre, Queen Elizabeth Walk, London SW13 9WT, UK.
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