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Have to look your best for world Curlew day 😜

Over the moon to see that one of last years tagged birds are back on their breeding sites 😊. Hoping to retag it again this year 🙏🙏. It’s been a late start to breeding but finally birds are starting to return and establish their territories.

Whimbrel (May Bird) are back, summer is coming. So similar to Curlew you often have to take a double look. Keys signs they are not Curlew are: eyestripe, smaller, straighter bill and in small flocks…if only we had that many Curlew 😏

An oldie but goodie all about Curlew declines and conservation in Ireland. open.spotify.com/episode/6I9L7Y…

🥳🥳🥳 This chick and it’s sibling have finally fledged from our Leitrim site. 🥳🥳 It’s been a nail biting few weeks for our Leitrim Curlew keepers and team. Celebrations 🍻 🍾 will have to wait thou, as there are still snipe chicks to look after!

Both parents stayed with these chicks right until fledgling which is unusual. Females usually leave after about 10 days and the males finish chick rearing. Between The Irish Breeding Curlew EIP staff and parent birds, these chicks really were raised by a village! 🥰

Our colleague kathryn finney of The Irish Breeding Curlew EIP has been out giving advice to ACRES Cooperative projects on actions farmers can take for breeding waders. Irish Rural Link

Delighted to be presenting the results of ⁦The Irish Breeding Curlew EIP⁩ at tomorrows Teagasc Signpost Series ⁦TeagascSignpost⁩

Looking forward to a great conference today all about a collaborative approach to Curlew and Wader management. ⁦#LoughErneWaders

Dr. Andrew Hoodless Director of Research The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust on the importance of predation management in wader recovery.

Well done Lough Erne Wildfowlers' Council on a great breeding wader conference at Lusty Beg Island Resort and Spa Looking forward to the outcomes!

The highest number of young Curlew have fledged into the wild since 2017, thanks to the Curlew Conservation Programme. Read more about the positive impact the Programme has had on the Curlew population here: gov.ie/en/press-relea…

Project results show that the Curlew Habitat Option significantly (highly) improved breeding Curlew habitat on land in the scheme for two years. This measure has been adopted into the national agr-environment program ACRES CP with some adaptations as the Breeding Wader Option.

Project Results show that Curlew populations were stabilised and slightly increased in the Corrib project area. Sadly populations continued to decline in Leitrim, where breeding habitat is more fragmented, with more afforestation & scrub and there is higher predator pressure.

Results show that the measures carried out for Curlew also benefited other breeding wader species which are found in the Corrib project area. Total populations increased by 215% since the project began.