It opened in 1993 as a municipal facility in response to calls from the Wild Bird Society of Japan to conserve the island’s nature-rich environment and high-density bird population. The center ...

becoming the island's longest serving warden since a bird observatory was created in 1959. Mr Sapsford was one of a team of four who would live on the 1 sq-mile (1.6km) nature reserve for nine ...

For the last 10 years there has been a programme of bird ringing on Holt Island. During that time more than ten thousand birds have been caught, and each one has had a ring applied to one leg. Each ...