Glimmer of hope for Curlew
Glimmer of hope for Curlew
31 Aug 2017![Curlew by Jill Pakenham Curlew by Jill Pakenham](https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/styles/400_wide/public/curle_043_e_jill_pakenham_a.jpg?itok=QkyczqK-)
The UK holds almost a third of the global breeding population of Curlew. Declines here have been greatest in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland the breeding range has contracted by a massive 78%. By analysing data, collected by thousands of volunteer birdwatchers as part of the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), BTO has, for the first time, documented how a range of different pressures may be responsible for this national decline.
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