Tomorrow, 21st April is World Curlew Day Curlew Country Manager, Amanda Perkins will be on BBC Radio Shropshire at 8.35am tomorrow talking about this year’s work and our activities for the day. At 7.00pm in the evening the newly formed Curlew Recovery Partnership is holding its first webinar. The speakers will be Mary Colwell, Dr …
Blog by project officer Amber Bicheno The call of the Curlew is instantly recognisable and hauntingly beautiful, and it is regarded by many as a herald of spring. The bubbling notes float and resonate throughout the hills and Valleys, as these revered waders return from their winter on the coast. We are very lucky to …
This is the first guest blog in the Spring of 2021, brought to us from local farming partner Rhian Pinches. My first little blog post for 2021! I am really chuffed to have been asked to get involved again this year and hope that my ramblings can provide a few minutes of easy-reading peace for …
Curlew Country is the UK Lowland Curlew Recovery project, operating in the Shropshire Hills and Welsh Marches. We work together with local farmers, landowners and communities to deliver real results for curlew. We are now looking for a volunteer headstarting trainee to join our team for the next season, to help and learn with us. …
Appeal for colour ring sightings! Have you seen a colour ringed Curlew? Please help us to find our birds. Colour ringing is an important method to track and gather data about threatened bird species. Ornithologist Tony Cross has been working to colour ring Curlew for several years now, and we are keen to hear about …
A look back at headstarting with curlew officer, Amber Bicheno. My time with Curlew Country could only really be described as varied. I started out as a trainee back in 2017 with what was then the Stiperstones and Corndon Landscape Partnership Scheme. I was doing bits of office work and field work mingled together as …
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The Curlew Recovery Partnership is a new, exciting and transformative initiative, bringing together all those with an interest in Curlew conservation, including land managers, farmers, gamekeepers, policymakers and researchers. They are joining forces to help secure the future of one of England’s most iconic and threatened species, the Eurasian Curlew. Urgent action is needed. The …
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Here is the latest spring (although it may also be dipping into summer!) farming diary entry from Rhi. You can read her previous entries here: Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3, Entry 4. Hello! I would like to start off by thanking those who have sent me emails, texts and messages about these blog posts! Such …
