A soft wet bog with bog pools provides ideal foraging areas for Curlew adults and chicks and the wetter the site is the better, as it ensures their ground nest is protected by the inaccessibility …

It is recognisable on winter estuaries or summer bogs and moors with its long down-curved bill, mottled brown plumage, white rump and long legs. Male and female birds are similar although …

Click on the image below to view the Curlew Book and learn about the amazing bird that frequents the bog and the work that is being done to protect it: Search Categories

The Slender-billed Curlew was a migratory shorebird that once bred in western Siberia and wintered around the Mediterranean. A brown and beige wading bird similar in appearance to …

The Curlew is one of Ireland’s most distinctive and ubiquitous birds, and its song has long been associated with the arrival of spring in Irish folk culture. Unfortunately today, the Curlew is one …

Apr 27, 2018 · The Curlew Conservation Action Programme run by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) was launched at the recent World Curlew Day event at the Bog …

Restoring the bog will protect breeding habitat for large wading birds called curlews. Their population has plummeted since the 1980s because of habitat loss. Our nonprofit partner is …

Aug 13, 2018 · Anyone hearing the piercing cry of the curlew in boglands this summer can count themselves lucky. I walk through bogs from time to time and haven’t heard that call, or many …

Nov 18, 2024 · Slender-billed Curlew, a migratory shorebird that once bred in western Siberia and wintered around the Mediterranean is now extinct according to scientists. This is the first …

Curlew breeding hot spots include The Stacks Mountains, Lough Corrib and Midland Raised Bog sites. The dramatic decrease in breeding pairs is due to habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and …