We had hoped to be letting you know about exciting plans for the season, including headstarting with volunteers, associated training and monitoring the return of chicks released in 2018 from the headstarting initiative etc. Curlew Country is most fortunate to work with a great and growing team of dedicated and supportive, farmers, land managers and […]
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It seems we are living in unprecedented times, with COVID-19 looming over all our shoulders waiting to strike when we least expect it. Like many others during these trying times, I’ve been worrying about the effect it might have not directly on myself, but on my loved ones who are unlikely to withstand the pressure should
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Here is Rhi Pinches early spring blog. It contains farm and family life news together with an interview with her dad about his trip to the Curlew Summit at Highgrove with Project Manager, Amanda. Rhi is the new chair of the Curlew Country Farmers’ Facilitation Fund Group and we look forward to working with her
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Eurasian Curlew – Numenius arquata Clearly a project by the name of Curlew Country is going to have a lot to say about curlew. But what is so special about the Eurasian Curlew and why do we think anybody should care? We thought it was time to provide a quick breakdown of why we think
Huge congratulations to Curlew Country Consultant Ornithologist, Tony Cross, who has been presented with a much deserved lifetime achievement award his outstanding dedication to ornithological activities in Wales. Tony’s knowledge and understanding of birds is legendary. His passion for his work leads him on adventures and into scrapes, but if you need to know something
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Curlew Country attended the Waders for Real conference, hosted by GWCT at their head office at Fordingbridge. The conference brought together projects, organisations and farmers that have been working in wader conservation in recent years. The Waders for Real LIFE funded project, which works primarily with Lapwing, but also Snipe and Redshank, has made great
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Gylfinir Cymru delegation meeting with Lesley Griffiths, Assembly Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. On Tuesday 22nd October Project Manager, Amanda Perkins was one of a small group from Gylfinir Cymru met with Lesley Griffiths. Gylfinir Cymru (Curlew Wales for those on the English side of the border), formed to try and halt
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During Mental Health awareness week, our regular farm blogger, Rhian Pinches, sent a heartfelt blog on the issues facing farmers. It got trapped in the system somewhere, so it is a little late. Rhian mentions that she is expecting a new baby and we are delighted to announce the arrival of baby Hattie on 19th October weighing
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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) and the second is for
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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 halt the decline, including the
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 the first chick in the
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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 summer time? Now, I’m a
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