An unfamiliar colour-ringed Curlew was sighted by Scott Petrek of WWT on 19 February 2021 at Slimbridge. The combination of colours did not fit with any of the combinations regularly seen on the Severn estuary. The bird was carrying a blue ring on its left tibia,  a green ring over […]

in most years, Curlews begin to move from their wintering grounds on coastlines and estuaries back to inland breeding areas in February. This year the first returning birds appeared in the Severn and Avon Vales in the second half of the month; is it possible that the heavy flooding in […]