New Learning Hub Curlew Country is launching its new learning hub. It includes a range of activities, quizzes and school lesson resources click the link below Visit Our New Learning Hub Just the thing for a wet and foggy day like it is in Curlew Country. Some of the educational activities are designed to be […]
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It is not often that we name our Curlew chicks. For the most part we refer to them by their coloured band, preferring not to get overly attached to our small, fluffy charges. This does not in any way mean they do not present differing individual personality traits. As many of our volunteers will attest,
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Around the Shropshire Hills, the golden plumes of laburnum blossoms and the curlew’s call are a lasting reminder of the ways in which people in this area have shaped the countryside, from common moorland, to enclosed pastures and meadows. Laburnum is typically a small deciduous tree, with cascading, bright yellow flowers from the south of
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Following on from our previous introduction, Jake, we would now like to introduce Rebecca, who has taken on the second volunteer trainee post. They will both be working with Amber Bicheno, learning as they help us raise the next generation of young Curlew. Read below to learn more about this new member of our seasonal
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Curlew Country Manager, Amanda Perkins talks about plans for the 2021 Curlew Season After a year of patience, and perhaps some impatience, we are excited to be back in action for the Curlew nesting season. Spring is on its way. The first Curlew sounds and sights are being reported by our farming partners as the
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An exciting new partnership between Curlew Country and the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust ( GWCT ) has been confirmed today, 11 December, in a bid to reverse the worrying decline of the wading bird. Curlew Country project manager Amanda Perkins said: “We are absolutely delighted to announce this partnership. Curlew Country’s trail-blazing work on
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Over the summer I have once again been busy working on the Curlew Country project trying to reverse population declines of this charismatic wader in the Shropshire Hills and Welsh Marches. Part of this work involves colour-ringing adult Curlews at the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust’s Dolydd Hafren Reserve on the Severn between Welshpool and Newtown. To
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Just received another postcard, this time of YELLOW T67 1,142kms SSW in NW Spain (1,142kms). It was originally ringed just a week earlier at Ynyslas on 24th August. If your Spanish is up to it you can read more on Antonio Gutierrez’s excellent blog herehttp://gaviotasyanillas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/calidris-alpina-amarillo-t67-naranja.htmlP.S., for the younger readers out there, a postcard was how we
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Last night was pretty amazing! I have been ringing waders at Ynyslas National Nature Reserve for 35 years now and last night Paul Ashworth, Mike Shewring and I had by far the biggest catch I have ever witnessed – by almost 100%!! Conditions were nearly perfect with a high tide, new moon and a slight
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Curlew Country is racing against time to save our local Curlew from extinction. Curlew have evolved for thousands of years to keep their nest location secret. The first step in helping the birds is for our trained ornithologists to find the nests. We need to know where these birds have been sighted. Can you help