A colour-ringed Curlew has been re-sighted at the WWT Wetland Centre at Llanelli in the Burry Inlet, Carmarthenshire, south Wales. The bird was seen by Ed O’Connor on 12 September 2021, and was marked with a yellow ring with the letters IZ on its left tibia (above the ‘knee’) and […]
Mike Smart and Chris Wells We have been trying for a couple of years now, with much help from local observers, to read colour- rings on Curlews in the Usk estuary. We have made special efforts over the latest high tide cycle from 6 to 10 October 2021, and thought […]
Chair: Phil Sheldrake 22 participants: Jon Avon, Juliet Bailey, Robert Blackler, Ellen Bradley, Damon Bridge, Stuart Brown, Will Bullough, Mary Colwell, Dave Conway, Jonathan Cooper, Samantha Franks, Eric Heath, Phil Hitchen, Geoff Hilton, Paul Noyes, Andy Page, Chris Robinson, Phil Sheldrake, Mike Smart, Nick Tomalin, Chris Wells, Russ Wynn. Apologies: […]
1. INTRODUCTION This year the three sites previously covered in 2019 were covered again – Aston Upthorpe/Lowbury Hill, RAF Welford and Upper Lambourn. Survey methods followed the guidelines laid down by the Curlew Forum, with two visits in April followed by a further three between mid-May and July. In addition, […]
The 2021 breeding season represented the first opportunity for the headstarted birds released at WWT Slimbridge in 2019 to attempt to breed. This article summarises the resightings of the 2019 cohort over April-July 2021, which is the core breeding period in lowland England. Resightings of WWT headstarted Curlew April-July 2021 […]
Please find attached a short report on the Shropshire Ornithological Society / Community Wildlife Groups Save our Curlews project work in 2021. Curlew Projects 2021 – summary August 2021
David Evans, WWT Severn Curlew Officer, has produced an update on the latest sightings of 2019 head-started birds from Slimbridge. Please see his comprehensive report here (PDF): 20210729 Report on resightings of Curlew headstarted in the Severn Vale Nov 2020-Mar 2021 FINAL
Rob Lewis photographed a colour-ringed Curlew on 17 July 2021 at Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire. This would be reported as: “Black ring with 24 in white, reading up on right tibia, metal ring on right tarsus: unengraved orange ring on left tibia, no rings on left tarsus”. Note that 24 might […]
An exciting milestone has been reached this year for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Curlew headstarting project, with the confirmation that a bird released in 2019 has bred successfully in the Severn and Avon Vales for the first time. The bird was one of fifty released at the WWT […]
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
