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New Assistant Ornithologist
Assistant Ornithologist – Caleb Stradling Hello fellow Curlew lovers! My name is Caleb and I’ve just joined the Curlew Country team this year as an Assistant Ornithologist. I am an MSc student of Ecology and Conservation at the University of East Anglia, where I am learning how to apply various survey methods to inform and …
Mid-May Curlew Season Update
New beginnings – Eggs, Returning Chicks and New Collaborations – Amanda Perkins Curlew Nest Finding After a late spring, the first egg was still found at around the usual time in late April. Ornithologist Tony Cross managed to find and collect many eggs to be headstarted in the first few weeks of May. It is …
A surprising start to the Curlew breeding season
Tony is a seasoned volunteer ringer, who has subsequently taught and tested others in the vigorous methodology learnt over years to ensure bird safety and well-being. He had already caught two Curlew earlier in the day and the good fortune continued with another four captured briefly and ringed swiftly and carefully before placing them gently …
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World Curlew Day 2023 Walk with Curlew Country
Celebrate World Curlew Day 2023 in Curlew Country! Come for a walk and learn about Curlew with a good chance of spotting one. Join Amanda Perkins and James Warrington for a guided walk in Curlew Country. Come and learn about the Curlew from the specialists, with a good chance of hearing and perhaps spotting local …
Victory on the pitch and over 100 reached off it
On Sunday whilst ‘normal people’ cheered the Lionesses on to their historic victory, Ornithologist Tony, Assistant aviculturist Katie, Trainees Jake & Becca and I released 11 chicks at a Welsh estuary bathed in late evening sunshine. The sounds of other Curlews could be heard feeding and squabbling in the near distance and most of our …
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Tiny Tim: The Saga Continues… Blog by Amber Bicheno
To read part 1 of Tiny Tim’s tale click here The morning arrived and we were up at the stables for 8.30am, ready to get stuck into our cleaning and feeding duties. A quick look into each tank showed everybody accounted for, Tiny sitting down amongst the others of his brood, not unusual on occasion …
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Curlew Country Introductions: JP
What does JP do all day? Specialist Generalist – Farmer liaison – Facilitator So Monday morning! First job of the day was to beg, borrow or steal an emergency de-humidifier and deliver it to Egg HQ, where it’s to be used to help control moisture levels in the incubator room. I managed to borrow one …
Curlew Country – Mid season update by Amanda Perkins
Curlew Cam and Educational Programme As the Curlew Cam nest approached hatching time, we launched an educational programme which will continue alongside our headstarting activities enabling young people of various ages to better understand Curlews and what they need. Recently we welcomed children from Farlow School who were visiting as part of the Common Cause …
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Curlew Country Introductions: Katie
Hi all! My name is Katie and I’ve joined the Curlew Country team this season as the Assistant Aviculturist, bringing with me a background in captive breeding and husbandry of a variety of bird species across taxa and hemispheres. My journey in avian conservation started with a rescued Laughing Kookaburra, which I rehabilitated at a …
Curlew Country Introductions: Jake
As ever, our Curlews are rather later to nest than in many other places in the country. When they start, we are always taken by storm in the race to collect and save eggs before the nests fail, usually due to predation. This year some new faces have joined us to help with the headstarting …