Through the Gylfinir Cymru/Curlew Wales project, work is being undertaken to raise the profile of its plight, and to secure funding to benefit curlew in some parts of Wales with a focus on landscape scale management working with farmers.
A key focus of Gylfinir Cymru/Curlew Wales is to know where the remaining breeding pairs are and farmers have been asked to share information on the location of any breeding curlew on their farm with [email protected]
Curlew sightings
Curlew return to their upland breeding areas from the beginning of March onwards, with breeding territories established during April before they settle to brood the eggs. From mid-May we are likely to see them chick guarding and alarm calling to protect their young. Birds that are still alarm calling on their breeding grounds towards the end of June or even into July suggest they have young very close to fledging.
How you can help?
If you have previously recorded curlew in the uplands between March and July, please re-visit the same area, or other curlew areas this year and send your activity to [email protected].
A series of visits to the same area recording adult bird behaviour would provide very valuable information on the likely breeding success of this iconic bird.
Negative results are also of great value to the project’s work on curlew. Knowing an area has been visited during the breeding season and no curlew were present is also an important record.
Where to find further information
More information is available on the Gylfinir Cymru website.