The Stone-curlew, a shy and peculiar looking sandy-brown bird, was once a common sight in England during the spring and summer months. However, by 1985, its population had plummeted, with only 150 ...

In 1985 the number of breeding pairs of stone-curlews had reduced to fewer than 150 nationwide, with about a third based in eastern England. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB ...

Some of the UK's most endangered birds that have been reared and released on Dartmoor have been tracked to Portugal. A number of curlew introduced to Devon this summer travelled the 1,300 miles (2 ...