Madam, – In reference to Michael Viney’s eloquent article outlining the disappearance of the Irish curlew habitat (“Disappearing moorland leaves curlews homeless”, Weekend Review, December 11th), I ...

Instantly recognisable with its down-curved bill, long legs and haunting call, the curlew has been a familiar sight on Scotland’s grasslands, moorlands and bogs. Now the bird is one of the country’s ...

Bird Notes columnist Julian Hughes joins Mary Colwell as she walks across the region to raise awareness of this much loved but threatened bird "I can’t quite explain how I came to do this,” admits ...

A farmer has won an award for helping to protect endangered curlews. Ian Bell, from Hallbankgate near Brampton, Cumbria, created wetland areas to support the wading birds whose numbers have been in ...

With a sinister yellow gaze and legs ‘swoln like those of a gouty man’, the prehistoric-looking stone curlew is nonetheless an endearing little fellow, finds Jack Watkins. There are birds that lift ...

A charity has said it hopes to raise £25,000 in six weeks to help protect an endangered bird species in the county. Wild Oxfordshire aims to raise the money within the same time it takes Curlew chicks ...

The Queen's Sandringham estate is set to become the new home of endangered curlew birds in a bid to help conservation efforts. Several eggs which have been laid by the birds at eight RAF bases and ...