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
It's World Curlew Day.
Time to remember extinct curlew species:
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Time to try to make a difference for Eurasian Curlew in the UK:
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Time to buy a wonderful book:
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A warm welcome to Pattraporn Simla (Bouquet) from King Mongkutยดs University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, who joined our group for the next six months to work on her data regarding threats for the critically endangered Yellow-breasted Bunting
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Curlews are wading birds often found passing through wetlands and coastal habitats.๐
Their curved beaks are one of their most distinguishable features capable of foraging deep into sand and soil for invertebrates.๐ชฑ
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In Madrid with a delegation of @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social Partners for #WindEurope2026 to which we are official biodiversity partner.
Good to see increasing attention to nature from the sector. But will ongoing environmental deregulation mess it all up?
Will be posting ovet coming days.
It's World Curlew Day tomorrow, and here is a reminder about why we celebrate:
Reminder that you can still follow our tracked knots as they gear up for their migration. Nephtys (dark blue off Cuxhaven) continued its journey North last night and is now up with it's compatriots on the German/Danish Wadden Sea border! Who will make the first leap and head to the breeding grounds?
Don't forget to look, every few days, at the amazing tracks of red #knots (tagged by team Bijleveld @ Royal NIOZ, Texel): www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...
This is part of project WAAKVOGELS www.waakvogels.nl/trekvogels/k...
Within a fortnight they likely migrate on to Iceland or Norway!
๐จNEWS: Hereโs what you need to know:
๐ซธ From 1 May to 31 October, pause feeding seeds and peanuts.
๐ซง Keep it clean: wash feeders weekly, change water daily, and move feeding spots regularly to reduce disease risk.
โ Avoid using bird tables, as they can encourage the spread of infection.
The molluscivorous red knots may eat seagrass rhizomes. To examine this ability, bird were fed plant-based rabbit pellets before being reversed back to protein-rich pellets. They rapidly adjusted to eating rabbit food!
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Our new study, led by Sergi Herrando (EBCC chair, @ICOcells) published in Conservation Biology, shows that it is possible to create frequent and regular maps showing where farmland birds are disappearing across Europe by using the data from the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS).
Interesting track of a homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social on Facebook).
Portugal to east England, then Netherlands & Orkney.
Caught up in flock heading to Europe and readjusted to head to Iceland?
#ornithology
Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
Please write to your MP and encourage them to join a drop-in session to mark World Curlew Day on 21st April, 3โ4pm in Room O, Portcullis House.
The event will be supported by Curlew Action as we build support for the UK Curlew Action Plan.
More Snipe news!
Very few Icelandic Snipe winter in England (wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/s...)
This tagged bird left Cornwall at 7pm on 13th April and arrived in Iceland 16 hours later.
Info from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social & @joseaalves.bsky.social
#ornithology
How to feed your garden birds without spreading disease
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@rspbscience.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social ๐ฆ
New short paper on how wars like the #Ukraine war are impacting studies of animal movement ecology by interfering with location data for migratory birds @csic.es @csicdivulga.bsky.social @victormartinvel.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An English Bluebell with multiple flowers
The number of โbellsโ an English Bluebell has reflects its age
It is dependent on the increasing size of the bulb, root system & leaves capable of managing the weight, nutrients & water
Individuals plants can live over 15 years. Established colonies can be a thousand years old
The 2026 China coastal shorebirdโfood web field surveys began on 24 March.
Led by Dr Hebo Peng, the 13-strong team travels along Chinese coast, surveying >40 key coastal sites with migratory shorebirds. We focus on intertidal shellfish aquaculture & external pollutants reshaping food-web processes.
Beibu Gulf, south China, is an important wintering area for spoon-billed sandpipers. With dead shells topping mudflats and fishermen mentioning high mortality of cultured shellfish, it did not look good. At Fangchenggang we observed far fewer great & red knots than in previous 2 years.
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐; ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ.
๐Sign below to keep LIFE alive.
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Westhoek saltmarsh โ important staging site for Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea in the Dutch Wadden Sea
NEW RESEARCH PAPER by Kleefstra and Schekkerman
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/20171/
#shorebirds #waders #ornithology #research
Thanks for the heads-up that the tagged Icelandic Merlin, that wintered around @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social and Uwchmynydd, made its first step north on Thursday and is now on @isleofmanofficial.bsky.social
#BirdingWales
View of the River Little Ouse and Hockwold Washes with a big blue sky
Spring is in full flow at #RSPBLakenheathFen with the first Grasshopper Warbler back this morning, alongside a plethora of other migrants
โ Europeโs water is at risk. As the ๐ of weakening EU nature protection laws is sweeping the EU, now EU water policy is targeted.
The Water Framework Directive, in place since 2000, is a cornerstone law to protect and improve water quality in Europe.
Poster advertising the Arican Raptor Leadership Grant - African antionals applying for MSc or Hons courses at AP LEventis Ornithological Research Institute (Nigeria), Fitzpatric Institute of African Ornithology (UCT, South Africa) or Mohammed V University (Morocco) are invited to apply via https://raptorresearchfoundation.org
Are you a national of an African country? Looking to study birds of prey at one of three leading ornithological research university across the contient? This might be for you! raptorresearchfoundation.org/grants-award...
The effect of human disturbance on shorebird distribution at a critical stopover area on New Jerseyโs Atlantic coast, USA
NEW RESEARCH PAPER by Harkness and colleagues
www.waderstudygroup.org/article/20165/
#waders #ornithology #shorebirds #research
Volume up! The shorebird migration at Donggang, on the border of China and North Korea, is spectacular and is now a major tourist attraction. It's easy to see why... Best times are either side of spring high tides. #eaafp #shorebirds #migration #china #northkorea
An ancient woodland indicator, Wood anemone. Why? Because it mainly grows vegetatively and spreads slowly. Every year I take a photo of this same patch. Photos below from 2026, 2023 & 2017
Latest #Curlew results from @bbs-birds.bsky.social
Since 1995:
Scottish breeding numbers down 62%
Wales - down 74%
England - down 33%
Northern Ireland - too few to work out change.
Massive declines - DESPITE really high survival rate of adults.
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#birds
The @nationaltrust.org.uk only rarely ask their members to take political action, but when they do, itโs seismic.
Please take the NTโs action, email your MP demanding the Government protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030: campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/186395/...
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