Birdland Park & Gardens has welcomed some colourful new residents in recent weeks and is now home to 16 different parrot species.

The Cotswold based wildlife attraction has constructed six new aviaries with two more to be completed in the coming months where visitors can view the new species including the kea and long billed corella.

As part of the new features Birdland is also raising awareness about the conservation and welfare work being done by the World Parrot Trust.

The charity is currently focussing on raising funds and awareness to help support the endangered scarlet macaw.

Birdland Manager Simon Blackwell said: “We're very pleased to be able to support such a worthy cause here at Birdland.

“The conservation work the World Parrot Trust undertakes is vital in raising awareness about the risks faced by all parrot species in the wild which include loss of habitat and capture for the illegal trade in wild birds.”

“The additional aviaries which have been constructed here are already home to a pandemonium of parrots, the collective term for a group of the birds, and they've settled in really well,” he added.

There are 387 species of parrots, known scientifically as Psittacine, and most species are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Australia, Asia, Central and South America, and Africa.

• Birdland Park and Gardens, Rissington Rd, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos, GL54 2BN. Open Daily From 10am (Except Christmas Day). Tel: 01451 820480 or visit www.birdland.co.uk for more information.

Issued by Flamingo Marketing on behalf of Birdland Park & Gardens. For more information contact Head Keeper Alistair Keen on 07772 971287 or 01451 820480 or Manager Simon Blackwell on 01451 820480 / 07850 929 828 or email jaimie@flamingo-marketing.co.uk .