Some 15 wildlife organisations are meeting in Norfolk to discuss ways of protecting the Eurasian curlew in an event described as the “first of its kind”.
Curlew Action is hosting the gathering in King’s Lynn and it will include a visit to the RSPB’s Snettisham reserve on The Wash, which is a haven for wading birds.
Mary Colwell, founder of Curlew Action, said: "I want people to be aware that one of the iconic birds of the British countryside is declining so rapidly.
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Some 15 wildlife organisations are meeting in Norfolk to discuss ways of protecting the Eurasian curlew in an event described as the “first of its kind”.
Curlew Action is hosting the gathering in King’s Lynn and it will include a visit to the RSPB’s Snettisham reserve on The Wash, which is a haven for wading birds.Mary Colwell, founder of Curlew Action, said: "I want people to be aware that one of the iconic birds of the British countryside is declining so rapidly.
"Singer David Gray, of Babylon and White Ladder fame, is a patron of the charity and is due to talk and perform at the event.
Groups and organisations from across the world including Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, France and Ireland will meet between Friday and Sunday.
The European Curlew Fieldworker workshop, external will host sessions on habitat and predator management, nesting and working with a declining species.
Tall wading bird with distinctive long, downward curving billFeeds on worms, shellfish and shrimps in estuary mudflatsAlso lives on uplands, farmland and grasslandnests on the ground, making eggs vulnerable to predatorsAbout 58,500 breeding pairs in UK, many migrating to and from mainland EuropeUK population declined by 48% between 1995 and 2020, putting it on the UK Red ListSources: RSPB, external and British Trust for Ornithology, external
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