We have been so fortunate to have Madeleine and Elspeth our two volunteer trainees working with us this season. Headstarting work is testing and there have been further unwelcome ups and downs in the journey. Both have done an amazing job and Madeleine has put in extra efforts to help during other staff absence, when …
Each season I hear the familiar phrase ‘leave it to mother nature’, well intended in its delivery. I hear it from one or more people not convinced that curlew interventions are necessary. I am always taken aback, unknowing how to respond quickly on the detail of the huge subject of biodiversity that occupies many minds …
The nest Many Curlew pairs return to the same territory to nest in year after year. Some nest in the same spot, others choosing a new site each year, often on a different farm to the one on which they nested in previous years. The height of the vegetation and lack of disturbance would seem to …
The wait is over, thank you for everyone who has joined the Curlew pair on Curlew Cam to watch their amazing diligent parenting through the incubation stages, and especially to Peter in Canada who wrote the first email I opened this morning to say that one chick had arrived safely. After 28 days of waiting …
Curlew Cam Blog – from Curlew Country Manager, Amanda Perkins Read More »
Curlew Country is fortunate to work with an enthusiastic and capable band of volunteers, growing year on year. We have been delighted to welcome a number of new recruits helping us to find Curlew in their territories early on in the season and now to have another blog from one of them. Our volunteers have …
Volunteer Insights – Curlew Observation with Steve and Dawn Read More »
It’s 5.30am, I was out checking cows who are due to calf when I came across a cow balling in the next field along, where the cows with baby calves at foot resident. The mother was making a right fuss and I soon realised why; her two-week old baby had slipped through the gorse bush …
Curlew Country welcomes the second trainee headstarter. Elspeth is from one of our Farming Partner families and has been one of several of a younger generation attending our meetings because of their fascination with Curlews. We rely on Elspeth’s knowledge to tell us where the pair that nest on her farm have settled. Many of …
A trip through the local hills of the Curlew Country area may see you pulling in to the Stiperstones Inn for some well earned refreshments, but beware… sightings of a giant 6 foot Curlew roaming the car park have been coming in thick and fast. If you catch a glimpse, we would love to see …
In 2016 when Mary Colwell made her 500 mile walk for Curlews across Britain and Ireland she came to Curlew Country. We were able to acquire some funds for arts activities to celebrate her walk and raise awareness of the plight of Curlews. A consortium of artists: Composed music, wrote lyrics and formed and rehearsed …
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 …
