Our first batch of babies have flown. The egg forms were only in their nests for a short period before they were collected by the Curlew Country field ornithologist, Tony Cross, and placed in an incubator to hatch about 30 days later. We are not supposed to be emotional, but a mixture of relief […]
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Unexpected Duties – Life in the Curlew Country office My name is Amber Bicheno, and I am currently employed to assist with the Curlew Country project. This is the second year in which I have done this, following on from volunteering work with the Stiperstones and Corndon Hill Landscape Partnership […]
‘Whan the sunne shinth make hay. Which is to say. Take time when time cometh, lest time steale away’ English proverb first recorded in 1546. There is a summarised version of this blog over at GWCT. Twitter and Facebook have been increasingly reporting instances of silage and hay cutting during the past few weeks and views have been expressed on the […]
CurlewCam is our very own live streaming nest camera and has just finished the streaming of 2018’s nesting attempt for viewers across the country. The camera allows the public, and the Curlew Country team, to get an up close and personal view of these secretive birds during the nesting season. […]
As a conservation project, Curlew Country has been repeatedly pushing the boundaries and trialling new intervention methods in its implementation of curlew recovery. But who are the people behind the project – the ones pushing through these changes and fighting for all things curlew? This is the first in a […]
Blog post by Amanda Perkins, project manager, originally written for GWCT. Over the weekend the first chicks arrived from nests being protected as part of the Curlew Country project. They did not hatch in the wild, but from our incubators, which this year are full of curlew eggs taken from […]
Capturing Curlews: April’s Song and Dance As the rain finally began to turn to sunshine for one beautiful week in late April, I travelled up to Shropshire from my home in Bristol to finally begin the production of a film I’ve had in the works since Christmas. I am a Masters […]
The Stiperstones and Corndon Hill Country Landscape Partnership Scheme (LPS) ended at Easter. Curlew Country was one of 14 active projects that formed part of the LPS, but which evolved and grew in ways that were not anticipated before the LPS began. The LPS has received fresh funding for a […]
Tales from the Wild and Birds and Beasts Book Review by Amber Bicheno Two newly published booklets of poetry and prose have been released, and Author Nigel Sustins has kindly pledged that £2 from each sale will be donated to the Curlew Country Appeal. With a local theme, both of […]
Inspired by Curlew Country – Blog by Jonathan Groom My name is Jonathan Groom and I am the Monitoring Officer for Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, and also the regional representative for the British Trust for Ornithology in Shropshire. I used to work in Shropshire and have lived there for several years […]