Curlew Project

Curlew are in trouble! In Wales they are declining at about 6% per year, and at the current rate they may be extinct as a breeding species in Wales by 2030.

Montgomeryshire still holds a good number of breeding pairs and is designated an ‘Important Curlew Area’ within the Wales Action Plan for the Recovery of Curlew.

We need help to save the Curlew - particularly with recording numbers in Montgomeryshire.

We also need funding to carry out fieldwork, co-ordinate records, protect nests, liaise with landowners and carry out habitat management. All donations gratefully received. In England DEFRA have funded a co-ordinating post to kick-start Curlew conservation efforts. In Wales, no public funding has been made available for a similar post. Some capital funding has been provided but only on a limited basis – we need people on the ground actively working to save Curlew. Please write to your Member of the Senedd asking them to make funding available to ensure Curlew do not go extinct in Wales – the Welsh government cannot achieve the aspirations of their environmental legislation if they allow us to lose such an iconic species.

For more information about the Curlew, click here or to listen to the fascinating talk on this iconic species by local expert Mick Green below.