The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. What’s the Problem? BirdLife Australia is already supporting the Australian government in the implementation of an intergovernmentally agreed flyway action plan for this species, under the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership and Convention on Migratory Species. “All birds are protected by law and where there is a need to control wild birds for conservation, legal requirements must be met to ensure it does not affect the long term survival of the species being controlled.”. Besides the Bar-tailed Godwit  (assessed as Near Threatened by BirdLife for the IUCN Red List) mentioned above, this number includes the likes of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris and Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis (Endangered), the latter of which the largest wader in the world, and the closest to following the Eskimo and Slender-billed Curlews on the downward curve towards extinction. However, this means that in areas with large populations of the predators which plunder their nests, they routinely fail to breed at all. Curlews could be erased from their heartlands across the British Isles within a decade because of intensive farming, which is destroying their wetland habitats. They are some of the most widespread and far-travelling of all birds, migrating back and forth from their upland and grassland northern hemisphere breeding habitats to their wetland, often coastal, non-breeding habitats to the southern extremities of all continents except for Antarctica. For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, Species decline doesn’t just happen elsewhere. Britain has 25 per cent of the world's breeding curlew population, and there are only 68,000 breeding pairs left. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Migratory Birds and Flyways - Americas, Like most websites we use cookies. Natural England Head of Licensing Bradley Tooze said:  “We fully recognise the urgent need to take action to protect our native curlews. "We may already have lost two of the 13 species and we can and we must ensure that urgent, concerted action is taken to prevent any of the remainder from reaching the brink”. The one for the godwit is coordinated by the Dutch Government with involvement from VBN, BirdLife in the Netherlands, whereas that for the Curlew is coordinated by the RSPB, BirdLife in the UK. Let's hope that conservation efforts are sufficient to ensure that this charismatic family of long-distance waders aren't in their twilight years. Once you’re down to 150 birds which are quite widely dispersed, that’s a very difficult task. It’s a serious Irish problem, Irish Times view on the destruction of an ecological treasure, Government must declare ‘climate and biodiversity’ emergency, Increasing noise pollution in Irish urban areas highlighted by EPA, EPA evaluation an indictment of environmental failures, Distinctive Blackface ram has new and potent value, Covid-19: Government set to reject advice and approve reopening of gastropubs and restaurants, “It’s a company that prides itself on seeing you progress", Rush Co Dublin is the commuter town with two beaches and easy city access, Resource helps employers tackle fear and fatigue in the new world of work, Helen McEntee holds up well for someone with barely a leg to stand on, Restaurants and gastropubs to reopen in December under Government plan, Trump signals White House exit if Biden wins electoral college vote, In Brexit end game, Johnson scours menu of unpalatable choices, Frequently asked questions about your digital subscription, Specially selected and available only to our subscribers, Exclusive offers, discounts and invitations, Explore the features of your subscription, Carefully curated selections of Irish Times writing, Sign up to get the stories you want delivered to your inbox, An exact digital replica of the printed paper, Covid-19 a likely ‘catalyst’ for Dublin redevelopment, Irish fishing industry facing big job losses as Brexit talks stall, State faces challenges in recruiting health staff, Minister tells psychiatric nurses. Because curlews are so long-lived; they live up to 16 years while most birds live up to 4 years, they flee the nest when there is danger because they can breed the next year.

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