A Curlew walks on grassy ground, showing a yellow leg flag and orange ring on its leg. Wording below reads: Please report sightings of Curlew with yellow leg flags. Image credit reads: Rob Robinson.
1/ Spotted a yellow leg flag on a Curlew? Please share the sighting with us, as this could be one of our headstarted birds. 😀 Report via bit.ly/ReportACurlew #Ornithology #WorldCurlewDay
World Curlew Day!!
If you work with kids and want some fun resources to learn about these amazing birds, theres some free downloads on the #DiscoverIveragh website, incl colouring and activity sheets, etc
www.discoveriveragh.ie/educators
#WorldCurlewDay #Curlews
Happy World Curlew Day!
We've put together some facts about our favourite bird and how you can help!
Share them with your friends and family to spread the love for the Eurasian Curlew as far as we can!
#Curlew #WorldCurlewDay #Nature
21 April is World Curlew Day
Wildlife.net supports the Melbreak Curlew Recovery Project initiative in the UK to reverse the 60% decline in this ground nesting bird species, the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
#curlew #curlews #worldcurlewday #nature #CurlewDay #wildlife bsky
For #worldcurlewday
Curlews over Pentre Ifan.
The haunting cry of this bird always feels to be a call from another land and when heard time always falls away and one is filled with melancholy and joy in equal measure.
Do support @curlewaction who work tirelessly to save this bird.
CURLEW IS HOPEFUL FOR A WILDER WORLD, SOMEWHERE SHE FEELS SAFE TO REST. WHERE THE WIND BLOWS, GRASS WILL SHELTER HER, AS SHE SEARCHES FOR HER QUIET NEST. CURLEW IS HOPEFUL FOR A WILDER WORLD. HEATHLAND, MOORLAND, MARSH, OR DUNE. SHE WADES, SHE SINGS, AND STILL SHE TRUSTS THAT A WILDER WORLD WILL FIND HER SOON.
It’s World Curlew Day 🤍
A perfect moment to celebrate one of our most iconic beauties (and one of our most rapidly declining breeding bird species).
If you’re not already following @curlewaction.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social, today’s the day to start
#WorldCurlewDay #Curlew #BirdArt
🤍Happy World Curlew Day!🤍
#WorldCurlewDay2026 #WorldCurlewDay #CurlewArt #BirdArt
For those not following the #kakapo nest cam: a new chick (Heather-A3) has been added to Rakiura’s nest tonight. We’re testing whether she can cope with two (bigger) mouths to feed again. #kakapo2026 #conservation
www.youtube.com/live/LDSWtyU...
Good news! World Curlew Day competitions are BACK!
We can't wait to see your poems and art 🎨
Deadline 10th April
www.curlewaction.org/world-curlew...
10 years ago, Mary Colwell started a 500 mile walk across Ireland & UK in support of Curlews.
"I liked something about the way Curlew lived in the world, sang to the world, and drifted through the world with a light touch."
Blog about her book:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/c...
#ornithology
Bookplate of daffodils by Anne Pratt
🌼 Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🌼Happy St. David's Day!🌼
Daffodils have been a national symbol of Wales since the 19th century.
This bookplate of daffodils is from ‘Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain’ by the botanical illustrator Anne Pratt (1806-1893).
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day! Here are some Cennin Pedr (Wild Daffodils) I found yesterday in the Conwy valley…
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus🏴🌼
Happy St David’s Day🏴🌼
📸 - @joshthewildlifeman
#cymru #cymru❤️ #stdavidsday
March is prime time to check for Marsh Tit territories in likely woods. On calm mornings walk route through/around wood that covers all parts within ~100m. 2 visits. Stop every 50-100m to playback calls/songs on phone at full vol for few mins. Wait for response, if present they sing back. #ukbirding
#wildflowerhour. The daffodils in the garden have shown themselves to celebrate St Davids day this year.
Y cenin Pedr yn yr ardd yn dangos eu hunain er mwyn dathlu dydd ein nawddsant eleni .Dydd Gwŷl Dewi hapus iawn i bawb.
A lesser Celandine flower in bloom on muddy ground, with 7 bright yellow petals open wide
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna ssp verna
or Grán arcáin/aonscoth/lus na gcnapán) in bloom by the Rye River in north County Kildare, still only a few in bloom #WildflowerHour
Snap !
#wildflowerhour Opposite leave saxifrage (chrysosplenium oppositifolium) eglyn cyferbynddail. Always welcome as the first spring flowers in the woodland. The sunshine today was also lovely to see.
Each year, around this time, we strain to hear our first curlew of spring. This afternoon, during a lull in the rain, it finally came. In the words of W.S. Graham, we are 'under the curlew's loveweep.'
Three decades on from the last documented sighting, Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct a year ago. Arnoud van den Berg reflects on his experiences with this iconic bird at its final known winter refuge:
Long billed curlew standing on mossy rocks next to the still water of the estuary.
Long-billed curlew scanning edge of the water for lunch. Bolsa-Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #bird #birds #longbilledcurlew #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography
An Eastern Curlew 'Numenius madagascariensis' from Lee Point in Darwin, #Australia #BirdsSeenIn2026
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A sole curlew pacing peacefully in a puddle
@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PeacefulSolitide but I'll add #PeacefulSolitude just in case
Far-eastern curlew pacing peacefully in a puddle
#photography #birds #curlew #EastCoastKin
One of the human beings biggest self made environmental disasters was the dry out of the great Aral Sea, between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. However, in the North Eastern part of the lake, there's some signs of improvement.
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Reminder!
Curlew population in Ireland dropped from 'thousands' of pairs to 138 pairs in JUST THIRTY YEARS.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/i...
#ornithology
Three decades on from the last documented sighting, Slender-billed Curlew was declared extinct a year ago. Arnoud van den Berg reflects on his experiences with this iconic bird at its final known winter refuge:
Trying to save the Far Eastern Curlew?
... or any other curlew for that matter!
Lessons to be learnt from our failure to prevent the extinction of the Slender-billed Curlew:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
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