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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

1/2 Curlew – wonderfully charismatic, desperately threatened and in need of urgent action if they are to remain part of our landscape. That’s why the launch of the UK Curlew Species Action Plan yesterday in the House of Lords is so important. #Ornithology #Curlew

A group of five people including BTO staff are smiling and looking at the camera at the Curlew Action Plan Launch.

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Dr Samantha Franks @samanthafranks.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

⭐️An exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD with BTO British Trust for Ornithology and Liverpool John Moores University, to study the population-level movement patterns of over-wintering #Curlew!⭐️ #ornithology #movementecology

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Dr Samantha Franks @samanthafranks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Not long now until the first of the 2025 cohort in Norfolk are released. Where will they end up? #waders #shorebirds #curlew

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

2/ This news comes as a BTO led review in @waderstudy.bsky.social shows headstarting can increase survival at egg and chick stages, critical for Curlew recovery. Post-release monitoring is needed to fully understand recruitment back into breeding populations.➡️ bit.ly/CurlewReview

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

1/ Exciting news! Previously released headstarted Curlew have turned up at breeding sites, mainly in East Anglia, this year with 10 birds confirmed breeding and another dozen showing breeding-type behaviour. #Ornithology 🌍 🌐 Read the blog ➡️ www.curlewrecoveryproject.co.uk/breeding-rec...

Image of a Curlew being held. The bird has a tag fitted and a yellow leg flag on its leg with the letters NH showing. Image credit: Curlew by Katharine Bowgen/BTO.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

1/ Have you seen these Curlew? Please report any Curlew you see with yellow leg flags ➡️ bit.ly/ReportACurlew Here’s why these birds are so special. ⬇️ #WorldCurlewDay #Ornithology 🌍

Image of young Curlew being held in the hand. The bird has a yellow leg flag with the letters JP on and an orange ring on its legs. Image credit reads: Curlew by Katharine Bowgen/BTO.

Image of Curlew being held in the hand. The bird has a yellow leg flag with the letters NH on, an orange ring on its legs and a GPS tag. Image credit reads: Curlew by Katharine Bowgen/BTO.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

1/ The first of this year’s Curlew nests have been spotted by our team in the Yorkshire Dales! It won’t be long until the eggs hatch into adorable chicks like this one. Discover more about our work monitoring and tracking Curlew. ⬇️ #WorldCurlewDay #Ornithology

Young Curlew chick being held in the hand. Image credit reads: Curlew chick by Paul Noyes/BTO.

Curlew nest in grassland with four eggs. Image credit reads: Curlew nest by Paul Noyes/BTO.

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Absolutely shocking decision from the Government to axe the Sustainable Farming Incentive. We need to be increasing funding for nature friendly farming, not cutting schemes. This is a dereliction of duty towards farmers and the natural world. @nfudc.bsky.social www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

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Subsidies paused without warning in Labour's latest 'shattering blow' to farmers

Post-Brexit subsidies paid to farmers to boost food production and the environment have been paused without warning.

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The Waveney and Little Ouse Recovery project is a trailblazer and should be used as a model for natural flood management nationwide. I have written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs urging his department to maintain its support for the project. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our eighth talk is 'Headstarting Curlews in Norfolk (England)' by Chrissie Kelley from Pensthorpe & @modelbirder.bsky.social from @btobirds.bsky.social The project is working in Norfolk to take eggs from airbases that were scheduled for destruction & rearing them for release as headstarted curlews

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Headstarting Curlews in Norfolk (England)

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

1/ This week, BTO’s @samanthafranks.bsky.social is at the @curlewaction.bsky.social European Curlew headstarting workshop. We’ll be sharing a review of #Curlew headstarting projects in Europe. So what is headstarting? ⬇️ #Ornithology

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our fifth talk is 'A review of curlew headstarting projects in Europe' by Dr @samanthafranks.bsky.social from @btobirds.bsky.social The team used questionnaire & data request responses to review the reasons for, the methods used, & outcomes of 11 headstarting projects from 5 European countries.

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A Review of Curlew Headstarting Projects in Europe

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Dr Samantha Franks @samanthafranks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Any other #birding #ornithology parents on here? One year of maternity leave later, looking forward to making sure our kids love #birds. But especially #waders #shorebirds!

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Dr Samantha Franks @samanthafranks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

It's back to work after a year of maternity leave. Has the social media world ever changed! Guess I better try this whole @bsky.app thing. Bye bye Twitter/X.

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