It has been a few months now since Curlew Country released their latest group of young headstarted Curlew. They’ve had time to feed up, explore and get to grips with their new flight capabilities – learning to fill those big wader footprints! After the release in early August, we were thrilled to see some of …
The nest Many Curlew pairs return to the same territory to nest in year after year. Some nest in the same spot, others choosing a new site each year, often on a different farm to the one on which they nested in previous years. The height of the vegetation and lack of disturbance would seem to …
A trip through the local hills of the Curlew Country area may see you pulling in to the Stiperstones Inn for some well earned refreshments, but beware… sightings of a giant 6 foot Curlew roaming the car park have been coming in thick and fast. If you catch a glimpse, we would love to see …
Tomorrow, 21st April is World Curlew Day Curlew Country Manager, Amanda Perkins will be on BBC Radio Shropshire at 8.35am tomorrow talking about this year’s work and our activities for the day. At 7.00pm in the evening the newly formed Curlew Recovery Partnership is holding its first webinar. The speakers will be Mary Colwell, Dr …
Curlew Country is the UK Lowland Curlew Recovery project, operating in the Shropshire Hills and Welsh Marches. We work together with local farmers, landowners and communities to deliver real results for curlew. We are now looking for a volunteer headstarting trainee to join our team for the next season, to help and learn with us. …
Appeal for colour ring sightings! Have you seen a colour ringed Curlew? Please help us to find our birds. Colour ringing is an important method to track and gather data about threatened bird species. Ornithologist Tony Cross has been working to colour ring Curlew for several years now, and we are keen to hear about …
The Curlew Recovery Partnership is a new, exciting and transformative initiative, bringing together all those with an interest in Curlew conservation, including land managers, farmers, gamekeepers, policymakers and researchers. They are joining forces to help secure the future of one of England’s most iconic and threatened species, the Eurasian Curlew. Urgent action is needed. The …
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Update from Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager Throughout the year, Curlew Country is contacted for advice by many people wanting to help Curlews. During the breeding season these requests escalate. We want to help others but we are such a small organisation having to put so much effort into fundraising, that it is not …
We are excited that Curlew Cam is back (with a warning to those who find it distractingly addictive). Lots of thought and effort has gone into government guidelines for work and social distancing in achieving this, but with the help of dedicated farming partners Wynford, Joyce, and Trish we have succeeded. Our spirits are raised, …
The world may be in lockdown due to Covid-19, but April 21st is World Curlew Day and we want to celebrate these wonderful waders with you all! Here is a roundup of our activities, videos and posts for you to delve into and hopefully learn a little more about these charismatic birds. Curlew Country has …
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 …
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 …