🔊 Sound on for the iconic call of the curlew. Ireland's breeding curlews have suffered a staggering 96% decline in recent decades, but the Curlew Conservation Programme aims to protect this iconic bird from extinction. Green Party Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan T.D. and Biodiversity Minister Pippa Hackett have announced a joint effort to increase funding for this important project to €500k for 2021. The Curlew Conservation Programme, which finds and supports curlew to rear their young chicks,

This beautiful film was made by Curlew Action and tells the story of curlews in winter 💙 Curlew Action add, "David Gray’s narration and specially composed music give extra poignancy to this lyrical film on the plight of wintering curlews in Britain. These long-legged, long-billed wading birds, with their haunting, evocative calls, have always been a much-loved feature of our winter coastlines." The UK is globally important as a wintering destination for many thousands of species of ducks, geese