Originally posted on wadertales:
The Eurasian Curlew is designated as ‘Near-Threatened’ by IUCN/BirdLife. It is Red-listed in the UK,  largely due to a rapid decline in breeding numbers. In this context, the fact that there are a few pink squares (indicating increased numbers) on the map showing breeding abundance change between 1988-91 and 2008-11 looks encouraging. Why are Curlew doing relatively well in some areas… Continue reading Curlew nest survival

Originally posted on wadertales:
Here are brief summaries of the sixteen WaderTales blogs that were published in 2022. The year tailed off a little, as I despaired about Twitter, the main platform for promoting the blogs. This means that there are lots of half-formed ideas for blogs that will hopefully appear in the early part of 2023. If you want to make sure that you… Continue reading WaderTales blogs in 2022