During the 2018 breeding season the focus has shifted from previous work conducted by Curlew Country. Having trialled headstarting a small number of chicks in 2017, the project was granted a Natural England licence to take 50 curlew eggs to incubate, rearing the resulting chicks to the point of fledging. […]
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A short video about the season so far for Curlew Country, the trials the project faces and the new techniques being trialled to increase the population. Featuring project manager, Amanda Perkins, and project ornithologist, Tony Cross. Our thanks go to Billy Clapham for the filming and editing.
Curlew Cam 2018 is now live! On monday 21st May, the Curlew Country team once again set up the popular live stream nest camera. Head over to view it now here. The pair have been sitting tight, but we’d love to know if you see the pair changeover or any […]
A grant has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to aid the recovery of an iconic bird – the curlew. This award is announced on ‘World Curlew Day’ 21st April 2018. Curlew Country is starting a new phase of its groundbreaking curlew recovery work this month as the breeding […]
A recent summit on Curlews was convened by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on Dartmoor. Amanda Perkins, project manager of Curlew Country the Shropshire and Welsh Marches based lowland curlew recovery project was asked to speak about its work alongside Tom Orde Powlett from Bolton Castle managed grouse […]
New Curlew Country Contact Details E-mail: curlewcountry@gwct.org.uk Telephone: 01743 296100 Mobile: 07740493359 There are a few technical delays whilst moving from Shropshire Council to our new hosts the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. Please bear with us during this changeover period. Please note that the old e-mail address is no […]
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. […]
On Tuesday 17th October Richard Benyon, MP for Newbury, initiated a debate on Lowland Curlew. Below are some of the key points brought up during the 30 minute debate. At the current rate of loss, Curlew will disappear from Southern England within the next 8 years. The main cause for […]
Report back from the International Wader Study Group Conference Part 2: So much to think about and solutions urgently needed by Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager Read part 1 here. Following our trip to the International Wader Study Group Conference in Prague, my mind has been buzzing with all […]