This undated footage shows OT of Waldrapp foster mother Helen Warner and Caroline Reinwald, science PR at Schonbrunn Zoo.

Young women who adopted rare wild Ibis to help them fly south for winter by following a microlight have started the training process with regular practice flights. 
This year the process is even more complicated because the birds will have to fly even further as global warming has made the route even more challenging, and means they need to choose a different flight path.Unlike their predecessors, this year's colony will not be heading to Tuscany but to Andalusia. The birds must travel nearly triple the distance.

The EU LIFE project to reintroduce the Bald Ibis in Europe aims to restore the population in its historical range.