Blogs

Predator control will now be included in all existing and future curlew conservation schemes following a recent Westminster debate. 

Surely I cannot be the only person connected to species management in this country, who is wondering when on earth we are going to tackle some of the more difficult questions that need answering?

We respond to a recent piece in The Herald on the drastic decline in curlew numbers. 

The last couple of years at GWSDF Auchnerran have highlighted the huge abundance of breeding waders on the site, with Lapwing, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Woodcock and Snipe present in droves. Here are a few photographs from the 2017 monitoring season.

We respond to Matt Ridley's recent piece in The Times on conservation policy.

The first North of England Curlew Festival recently took place at Bolton Castle in Yorkshire and the GWCT were on hand to help raise awareness of the iconic bird's staggering decline.

With our tagged birds having left the UK behind several weeks ago it would now seem an ideal time to take a quick look at the journeys they’ve made.

Read our letter on the decline in curlew and what needs to be done to reverse it.

Amanda Perkins, Curlew Country Project Manager, outlines the work being done by farmers and landowners to help the endangered wader.

Read our letter, published in The Times today and written by Andrew Hoodless, our Head of Wetlands Research