An interesting couple of weeks.. A Brushcutter course to assist with the implementation of nest fences, reducing predation for ground nesting Curlew on behalf of WWT Conservation and a Grass ID course to more accurately map Gloucestershire for @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust HabiMap programme.

Bank holiday spent bat surveying with plenty of ringing, including my first experience of ringing pulli. All ringed under license. #ecology #ornithology #birding

Last few weeks have been spent monitoring, ringing & radio tracking broods of Curlew. Finally had our first of the year fledge today #SAVCurlews

We are nearing the end of #SAVCurlews 2023! It's been a great season for collecting data with 27 nesting attempts followed. However, productivity remains very low. Thanks to all who have assisted our work this year & especially the farmers who we work with. More work to be done!

It's amazing how Sand Martin have the ability to catch insects in the pouring rain.

A successful night on the wildlife camera after a sighting of a female & two pups the day before 🦦📸

Software tester by day… farmland bird champion by night… 😎 Hot on the heels of #InternationalVolunteerDay, Jordan Pargeter shares his role as an RSPB Local Group volunteer and his work leading a project to create new habitats for farmland birds ➡️ community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/rspb…

Lucky enough to end a busy weekend at WWT Slimbridge. A successful Worcester & Malvern RSPB Group Christmas social too!

Watch! A northern harrier catches up to a short-eared owl, makes it drop the small rodent (vole) it was carrying, and catches the falling prey before it hits the ground. 📽 by Erik Durnall

Our WWT nature recovery team expands further. This week, we welcome Jordan Pargeter (Monitoring Officer) to the team! 💫

Huge win for our seabirds! All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling. That means more fish for seabird beaks. After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted GOV.UK and Scottish Government have put these closures in place.

(Wild) Life in Dartmoor so far 🪻

Happy #WorldCurlewDay from us! 🥚🪶

The #SAVCurlews field team have been busy! Here's an update on totals so far this field season #Fieldwork #Curlew #ConservationEvidence @WWTConservation

Have you seen or heard a curlew on Dartmoor National Park? The Dartmoor Curlew Project is helping to monitor the last remaining curlew population on Dartmoor and would like to know if you have seen any. If you have, please get in touch at ‘[email protected]’. Thank you

A few days spent with the SAV team tracking their radio-tagged chicks in preparation for post-release monitoring of our Headstarted curlew. Thanks to Kane Brides, Daniel Gornall & Andy Scott for showing me the ropes!

Even more beautiful in the hand! ✋🏼 As you can see, the July weather in Dartmoor doesn’t disappoint ☁️

Drones and curlews …. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We’ve started to release this years cohort of Curlew onto Dartmoor, please can you keep a look out for them and report any sightings to [email protected] 😊WWT Conservation Kane Brides Jordan Pargeter Daniel Gornall

Privileged to have worked on such a special species this year! An incredible moment releasing our headstarted curlews onto Dartmoor and monitoring their progress 🪶