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Intern Cat shares highlights of her time at Insh Marshes
As the Curlew breeding season draws to a close, so does Cat Mackenzie’s time as the Curlew LIFE intern at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes nature reserve. In her last blog, she reflects back over her time there… Looking back at the colder months of March and April when the waders returned from their wintering grounds…
Curlews calling again from island after restoration
Curlew have successfully fledged on an island that’s part of one of our project areas for the first time in decades, after extensive restoration. Trasna Island is part of the RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands nature reserve in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland – one of our five project sites around the UK. RSPB NI acquired Trasna…
Curlews celebrate National Meadows Day!
On Saturday 6 July, we’ll be celebrating UK National Meadows Day. Our project team in North Wales reflect on the importance of ancient hay meadows and their role as a sanctuary for Curlews. To begin with, what is a hay meadow? A hay meadow is a type of flower rich grassland that’s been shaped by…
Volunteer Cat builds skills to kickstart career
In this second of two blogs celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2024, we travel to Scotland to join Cat Mackenzie, who’s hoping that volunteering with Curlew LIFE will help her gain her first job in conservation… Cat Mackenzie is halfway through a six-month residential volunteering placement at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes nature reserve, as part of the…
Curlew volunteering helps forge second career in conservation
We celebrated Volunteers’ Week earlier this month with a look at how volunteering can help people to break into a career in conservation. In our series of two blogs, you’ll meet volunteers who are aspiring conservationists but at different points in their working lives. In this blog, we’re off to Hadrian’s Wall to join Theresa…
Calling all farmers – complete our Curlew survey
If you are a farmer, please could you spare a few minutes to fill in our survey about Curlews. Whether you know anything about Curlews or not, we’d love to hear from you. We carried out a similar survey back in 2022, towards the start of the Curlew LIFE project, and now we’re repeating it…
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day – The Flight of Curlew KA
As we celebrate World Migratory Bird Day on 11 May, we’ve been pondering the migrations of the Curlews that breed at our project areas around the UK. Where do they spend the rest of the year? For at least one of ‘our’ birds, we know the answer! As part of Curlew LIFE, in 2023 we…
Curlew conservationists share knowledge at Glenwherry
Curlew conservationists from around the UK gathered at our Antrim Plateau project area in April, to visit the site and learn about the interventions that have led to a marked increase in Curlew breeding productivity. The RSPB Curlew LIFE team has seen some brilliant success in terms of numbers of Curlew fledglings, building on many…
Rousing return for breeding waders
Waders returning to Speyside to breed were welcomed with an evening of music, song, poetry and art, hosted by the Curlew LIFE team at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes. On Friday 22 March 2024, over 70 guests enjoyed a free event held in the Loch Insh Watersports centre, to celebrate the return of the wading birds…
