A bird lover has walked 53 miles dressed in a homemade costume to raise awareness for one of Great Britain’s most iconic and threatened birds. Matt Trevelyan, 46, walked the distance dressed as ...

Because of that, bird scientists find it surprising when a species native to land, especially to a very large area, disappears. But that appears to be the case with the Slender-billed Curlew.

Many of the UK’s bird species are in serious decline, largely due to habitat destruction and the collapse of food chains ...

Right now, with so many challenges to face, only one in eight Curlew chicks survives from egg to fledging. Your gift today ...

If this bird is declared extinct, it will result in efforts and funding that is currently going toward finding and hopefully saving the Slender-billed Curlew toward protecting other animals.

Described as an “incredibly accomplished” bird by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the bristle-thighed curlew is the only shorebird that’s been found to use tools.

For the seventh year running, Norfolk was the top contributor in the national GWCT Big Farmland Bird Count - which has ...

Mr Trevelyan was on the day two of a three-day 53-mile walk to raise awareness and funds for the endangered bird species - dressed as Cathy the Curlew.

A bird species found in mainland Europe and the Mediterranean is thought to be extinct globally by a coalition of conservation groups. The slender-billed curlew – a migratory shorebird that bred ...

The slender-billed curlew was a species of wading bird last officially seen three decades ago. Despite the occasional unsubstantiated reports since then, researchers have combed through all the ...

The long-billed curlew nests in short-grass prairie and incubates eggs on a ground nest. When one hears the prairie dog alarm, she responds by pressing her head, beak and belly close to the ground.

Curlew decline According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the curlew is the largest European wading bird and about 30% of the west European population spend winter in the UK.