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 …
Gylfinir Cymru delegation meeting with Lesley Griffiths, Assembly Minister for the Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs. On Tuesday 22nd October Project Manager, Amanda Perkins was one of a small group from Gylfinir Cymru met with Lesley Griffiths. Gylfinir Cymru (Curlew Wales for those on the English side of the border), formed to try and halt …
In response to the high demand for help and advice which we have received over the past few years and which due to our limited capacity we are not always able to fulfil, we are setting up two training courses. One is for farmers, landowners and managers (Wednesday 13th November) and the second is for …
The hunting of curlew in France has long been a point of contention, with moratoriums being placed and lifted on and off throughout the past 10 years. Within Western Europe it is now recognised that the population of Eurasian Curlew is decreasing rapidly, and measures are being put in place to try and halt the decline, including the …
Headstarting 2019 was the third year of headstarting for Curlew Country. This year a chick from its pioneering headstarting trial carried out in 2017, returned to the Curlew Country landscape close to both the site at which it was reared and where it was released at Dolydd Hafren. This is the first chick in the …
We are now well into the nesting season, which is always later than many other curlew breeding areas, such as moorland, where there are already chicks present. Ornithologist Tony has been out relentlessly searching for curlew nests, and to date 23 different nests have been located. A proportion of these nests have had the eggs …
After a rocky start to the year, with no certain funding secured to continue for the 2019 season, our efforts turned to crowdfunding in order to help us continue with our vital work. Securing funding has become increasingly difficult, with more and more organisations putting in bids to the same funding stream, whilst less money …
In an exciting turn of events, and another first for Curlew Country, one of the six headstarted chicks released in 2017 has been spotted back in Shropshire. In an exciting turn of events, and another first for Curlew Country, one of the six headstarted chicks released in 2017 has been spotted back in Shropshire. Ornithologist …