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
Thank you to Tony Cross of the Mid-Wales Ringing Group, for permission to publish this item from their blog. The full blog is here: https://midwalesringers.blogspot.com/ On 10th July 2021 Pierre Leon photographed Curlew Yellow ZB on the shore of Plage du Vogue, Guisseny, France. This bird was caught and ringed […]
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 […]
