In response to the high demand for help and advice which we have received over the past few years and which due to our limited capacity we are not always able to fulfil, we are setting up two training courses. One is for farmers, landowners and managers (Wednesday 13th November) […]
Amber Bicheno
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The hunting of curlew in France has long been a point of contention, with moratoriums being placed and lifted on and off throughout the past 10 years. Within Western Europe it is now recognised that the population of Eurasian Curlew is decreasing rapidly, and measures are being put in place to try and […]
Headstarting 2019 was the third year of headstarting for Curlew Country. This year a chick from its pioneering headstarting trial carried out in 2017, returned to the Curlew Country landscape close to both the site at which it was reared and where it was released at Dolydd Hafren. This is […]
How is it possibly the end of August? Does any other farmer reading this imagine the summer will last forever, but by the time the cows are all out, the silage is collected, the sheds are empty of muck and the straw is almost lugged… they have ran out of […]
Curlew Summit, No. 10 Downing Street, 8th July, 2019 – Blog by Project Manager, Amanda Perkins In my last blog, I promised to write more about the Curlew Summit at No 10 Downing Street. We were still very active with seasonal activities at the time of the summit. Whilst not […]
Blog by Amber Bicheno, Project Assistant On Monday the 29th July, our 33 headstarted curlew were finally released into the wild. The day was many months in the making and changed frequently due to numerous factors out of our control. Originally, we hoped for 2, maybe even 3, releases of […]
Glamorous events – Habberley A snapshot of the Life of the Project Manager, Amanda Perkins This blog was started a few weeks ago but has taken until now to complete as ‘other events’ have intervened. Saturday 6th July It’s been a glamorous few days. On Saturday Billy Clapham, the fantastic […]
Now lambing season has come to an end; the ewes are all sheared, we’ve carried out all of the work on the lambs to prevent fly strike, worms and (some strains of) pneumonia; Many of the ‘spring’ calving cows have calved and grass harvest is around the corner, we seem […]
In 2017 and 2018 Curlew Country carried out headstarting of curlew, a first for the UK. In 2018, 21 chicks were successfully released at fledging stage, some of which have since been spotted on the south coast within larger flocks. The headstarting was carried out in house, on a shoe-string […]
Blog by Amber Bicheno, Project Assistant With summer (supposedly) in full swing, it is the busiest time of year for the Curlew Country Team. We’ve had 40 eggs collected from wild nests, and carefully incubated with help from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. It has been an amazing learning experience […]
