Conservationists hand-rear endangered birds
Curlew chicks have been hand-reared to improve the numbers surviving to adulthoodIt is hoped this will start a breeding population at the reserve
Experts say the number of curlews in lowland England has crashed, with the species facing local extinctionConservationists are hand-rearing dozens of endangered curlew chicks in an attempt to help the species recover. Numbers of the wading birds have crashed in recent years, with experts blaming more interaction with humans.
Chicks from 40 eggs are being cared for, in the hope that more survive than would do if the eggs were left in the wild."There's 250 pairs in lowland England still breeding," said Gareth Fulton, who runs the reserve, "if we do nothing, that'll be zero in the next 20 years, a local extinction. "That's driven by there being more of us, and we're using the land more intensively, cutting grass earlier or leaving more rubbish out so there are more foxes to eat the curlews' eggs."
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