Britain holds a quarter of the world’s curlew population.

But today we’re in real danger of losing the curlew from many of our landscapes.

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Reasons for the decline of curlew include:

Predators targeting the young
Changes in farming destroying nests
Climate change causing changes in habitat

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Rescued eggs were brought back to @WWTSlimbridge for headstarting last year. Some were released into the wild to increase the number of breeding adults - giving the species a chance to recover, we hope.

Read more about our work > https://www.wwt.org.uk/our-work/projects/eurasian-curlew-recovery/

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