Blog by Project Manager, Amanda Perkins Four chicks. New life does bring hope and joy and enables us to escape temporarily from more serious matters. We are delighted that Curlew Cam has been enjoyed by so many of you. Thank you for your positive interest, feedback and support. Thank you to the small hard-working team …
The 2020 Curlew Cam Curlew nest was found by Wynford and Joyce Jones who are some of Curlew Country’s dedicated farming partners. As well as going to great lengths to help the Curlew pair whose territory is partly on their farm, they have also helped the project by volunteering their time and expertise to help …
Interview with Wynford Jones by Amber Bicheno, Project Officer Read More »
Blog by Curlew Country Officer, Amber Bicheno Curlew Cam has given all of us at Curlew Country, as well as members of the public from all over the world, a wonderful glimpse into the nesting habits of this wonderful wader. They are such secretive birds and this keyhole look offers a chance for learning and …
Blog by Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager Juliet Bailey and Mike Smart from the Severn Vale project have noticed that the male is doing long stints of duty on the nest. Curlew Country ornithologist Tony had observed that sometimes this male can sit for 10 hours overnight and is certainly doing most of the …
Hot Waders, Hot Topics – Egg Incubation and Curlew Parental Nest Duties Read More »
We were sent this wonderful verse by Rosa James, inspired by our delightful pair on Curlew Cam, and wished to share with our supporters. We love seeing and hearing about your creativity inspired by our favourite wader. If you would like to share with us some artwork, writing, poetry, song, or any other creative exploit …
Blog by Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager During the first 19 days of Curlew Cam over 27,700 views have been made. We are getting lots of wonderful enquiries and observations from you and are keen to help but a small team, even without reduced hours, could not keep up. Our website is a great …
Hot Waders, Hot Topics – Distinguishing Male from Female Read More »
Blog by Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager Nothing looks at its best bothered by the heat and some have expressed concern about the Curlew Cam pair. Amber, the Project Assistant and I loathe the panting too. It is our headstarting experience that makes us want to rush to the nest site with water supplies …
Here is the latest Spring Diary Entry from Rhi. You can read her previous entries here: Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3. So, as we moved towards the end of lambing, and April, we found that unlike most years, when we’re fed up, knackered and ‘sick of wearing waterproofs!’, we were actually happy! (A happy …
Blog by Amanda Perkins, Project Manager I have just been chatting to Tim, one of our small team who takes much responsibility for maintaining the fence and camera batteries. You may sometimes hear the regular strimming, which is necessary to stop the fence from shorting out. Sometimes Tim is so adept that the incubating bird …
This year, our planned work has had to change rapidly to meet circumstances, including insufficient funding for a full project and now COVID-19. It was almost a relief to get Curlew Cam up and running to keep the plight of Curlews in people’s minds and some sense of the normal routines for the small Curlew …
10th-17th April… (but I forget and talk about the present too!) So, here we are again writing about week three of lambing time, in hindsight yet again! I will dive straight into a rant about crows! Evil, cruel, cunning crows that is. When Curlew Country’s Amanda Perkins asked me if we had had crow troubles …
This is the second short piece from our volunteer Carol, on her wonderful experience of lapwings during the lockdown. You can read her first blog about how she became interested in waders by clicking here. Spring is usually an exciting time for birdwatchers, but this year, instead of anticipated trips to favourite sites, most have …