The Curlew Recovery Partnership is a new, exciting and transformative initiative, bringing together all those with an interest in Curlew conservation, including land managers, farmers, gamekeepers, policymakers and researchers. They are joining forces to help secure the future of one of England’s most iconic and threatened species, the Eurasian Curlew. Urgent action is needed.
The Brecks had this magic factor, but what we are beginning to see is that maybe that magic factor is not here any more. Across the UK what is apparent is the birds are not producing enough chicks to replenish the numbers being lost, and that is down to various reasons like nest predators and agricultural operations, and all these factors are at play in East Anglia as well. The new partnership is quite transformative. Curlews have become a cherished and iconic species for people to study, and we can learn so much more by working together and pooling our knowledge.
World Wildlife Day spotlight on the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Published by
From protecting pollinators to studying bird migration, safeguarding Antarctic penguins and writing about jellyfish superpowers – a group of UEA researchers are making new discoveries about wildlife here in Norfolk and around the world.
World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually on March 3 in support of animals and plants across the world.
The Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at UEA brings together ecologists and evolutionary biologists to study everything from micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi to plants and animals.
With more than 70 research staff and PhD students, it is one of the largest groups of its kind in Europe, with strong links to major institutions like the RSPB.
CUCKOO
Summer visitor with Britain’s most famous birdsong. But it is heard much less often now after a 65 percent decline in 40 years, says the British Trust for Ornithology.
WATER VOLE
Britain’s most rapidly declining mammal. It has vanished from 94 percent of its old haunts, says the Wildlife Trusts.
HEDGEHOG
Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle is disappearing at an alarming rate. In just 20 years number are down 30 percent in towns and 50 percent in the countryside.
DORMOUSE
Perhaps best known from the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in Alice in Wonderland, the dormouse is in trouble. Numbers have halved since the millennium, says the People’s Trust for Endangered Species.
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