Curlew in Wales, the 2024 breeding season and beyond
An update by Bethan Beech of Gylfinir Cymru/Curlew Wales and Specialist Advisor, Terrestrial Species Recovery at Natural Resources Wales. As WOS members will know, breeding Curlew, along with a number of other breeding waders in Wales, are in significant decline and need urgent help to aid recovery. In Wales, the breeding Curlew population has […]
There are now 60 species on the Wales Red List of birds of conservation concern – and Gannet has been added
Birds of Conservation Concern Cymru 4 has now been published. Click on ‘Read More’ to see key points and comments and to go to the full report, which is available for viewing and downloading.
Plans are advanced to build a tidal lagoon between Mostyn and Point of Ayr, Flintshire
Will plans to build Wales’ first tidal lagoon in a conservation area harm birdlife using the Dee Estuary? Mostyn SeaPower Ltd hopes turbines on the Dee Estuary in Flintshire will provide electricity for 82,000 homes, but there are significant concerns that the development could damage birds due to the disruption of their habitat. The company […]
Gylfinir Cymru
About Us Gylfinir Cymru / Curlew Wales is a joint working group between organisations that represent sectors of government, conservation, farming and game management. Gylfinir Cymru / Curlew Wales aims to act as a critical sounding board and expert resource to promote and/or achieve the provision of evidence necessary and the framework required to set […]
Curlew – our poster bird for 2021 and more about World Curlew Day
In 2020 part of our celebration of World Curlew Day – 21st April – included a painting by David Wettner. In 2021 David very kindly sent us another painting, of a parent Curlew with a chick hatching, which we are using to publicise World Curlew Day and the plight of breeding Curlew across Wales. The […]