Introduction to headstarting – with Rosie Drew
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Meet the team: Rosie – Lead Aviculturist
Meet Rosie, the lead of our headstarting team at Curlew Country. She has some exciting news to share and will be updating you regularly on the progress of our eggs and chicks so make sure to check back in!
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Curlews go to Cardiff
A delegation from Gylfinir Cymru met recently with Huw Irranca-Davies, Deputy First Minister responsible for climate change and rural affairs in Welsh Government, to discuss the challenges facing Curlews breeding in the Welsh countryside. The Deputy First Minister commented positively on the work achieved already to put the plight of Curlews on the political and
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Breeding Curlews and Farming: Curlew Cocktail
We are often asked about the challenges for breeding curlews and farmers on farmland and why farmers cannot just stop what they are doing. Farmland curlews have big territories and nest in different fields owned by different people year to year. Adults and broods wander over wide areas, moving frequently between different fields/landowners or managers.
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Mid-May Curlew Season Update 2023
New beginnings – Eggs, Returning Chicks and New Collaborations – Amanda Perkins Curlew Nest Finding After a late spring, the first egg was still found at around the usual time in late April. Ornithologist Tony Cross managed to find and collect many eggs to be headstarted in the first few weeks of May. It is
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World Curlew Day 2023 News
New Learning Hub Curlew Country is launching its new learning hub. It includes a range of activities, quizzes and school lesson resources click the link below Visit Our New Learning Hub Just the thing for a wet and foggy day like it is in Curlew Country. Some of the educational activities are designed to be
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World Curlew Day 2023 Walk with Curlew Country
Celebrate World Curlew Day 2023 in Curlew Country! Come for a walk and learn about Curlew with a good chance of spotting one. Join Amanda Perkins and James Warrington for a guided walk in Curlew Country. Come and learn about the Curlew from the specialists, with a good chance of hearing and perhaps spotting local
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Tiny Tim: The Saga Continues… Blog by Amber Bicheno
To read part 1 of Tiny Tim’s tale click here The morning arrived and we were up at the stables for 8.30am, ready to get stuck into our cleaning and feeding duties. A quick look into each tank showed everybody accounted for, Tiny sitting down amongst the others of his brood, not unusual on occasion
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The Story of Tiny Tim – Blog by Amber Bicheno
It is not often that we name our Curlew chicks. For the most part we refer to them by their coloured band, preferring not to get overly attached to our small, fluffy charges. This does not in any way mean they do not present differing individual personality traits. As many of our volunteers will attest,
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Curlew Country – Mid season update by Amanda Perkins
Curlew Cam and Educational Programme As the Curlew Cam nest approached hatching time, we launched an educational programme which will continue alongside our headstarting activities enabling young people of various ages to better understand Curlews and what they need. Recently we welcomed children from Farlow School who were visiting as part of the Common Cause
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Laburnum and the Curlew
Around the Shropshire Hills, the golden plumes of laburnum blossoms and the curlew’s call are a lasting reminder of the ways in which people in this area have shaped the countryside, from common moorland, to enclosed pastures and meadows. Laburnum is typically a small deciduous tree, with cascading, bright yellow flowers from the south of
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