See this article in The  Sunday Times about how Curlew eggs from RAF airbases will be raised at the Sandringham Estate. Click here to read the story

Chair: Mike Smart 35 participants ITEM 1: Curlew Recovery Partnership, Mary Colwell & Russ Wynn Steering group of nine organisations in England: BTO, RSPB, GWCT, Bolton Castle Estate, Duchy of Cornwall, Curlew Country, Natural England, WWT, Curlew Action Defra supplied £60,000 seed funding Mary = Chair, Russ = Partnership Manager […]

Please see this PDF file: 20210321 Update for Curlew Forum meeting

Save our Curlews Campaign & Appeal Please see this PDF file: 20210318 Shropshire Curlew Projects 2021

www.ShropsCWGs.org.uk There are 10 Community Wildlife Groups undertaking bird surveys which include monitoring their local Curlew populations. The County population is about 120 breeding pairs, and the groups collectively monitor more than three-quarters of them. In 2020, the survey effort in some areas was severely affected by coronavirus restrictions, but […]

Getting to know your Curlew The lady in the illustration is Mrs Irene Gibbons, of Aberedw [Radnorshire]. She would cross the field every day, and eventually could stop and look at the Curlew on its nest, then stroke it, and finally would be allowed to remove the eggs, look at […]

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. […]

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 […]