Joe Linscott- Master of Science
- Camp manager and volunteer coordinator at WildComm Research Stations
Joe Linscott
- Master of Science
- Camp manager and volunteer coordinator at WildComm Research Stations
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Current institution
WildComm Research Stations
Current position
- Camp manager and volunteer coordinator
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Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre
Position
- Research Coordinator
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This research aimed to assess behavioural normality and identify indicators of positive welfare in two types of common zoo bird: flamingos and wildfowl. Activity patterns of free-living wildfowl have been investigated extensively, and time budgets of captive flamingos can also be found in the literature, therefore providing a suitable benchmark for...
Flamingos are one of the most numerously-kept zoo birds (around 9000 individuals are thought to exist in European institutions alone) and investigations into their daily time budgets provide evidence for positive welfare. Information on the activity patterns of wild flocks do suggest some similarities with captive flocks- but there are notable diff...
Andean and James’ flamingos are highly specialised, upland flamingos from the Andean mountain range in South America. Difficult to keep in captivity, European populations are now housed by only two zoological institutes and breeding can be tricky to initiate. As part of a larger study into captive flamingo behaviour and welfare, behavioural data we...
