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Kent nature reserve boosts hopes for southern England's curlews (www.birdguides.com)

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A Kent nature reserve is playing a crucial role in efforts to restore southern England's Eurasian Curlew population, which faces the threat of local extinction within two decades.

Elmley NNR, located on the Isle of Sheppey, is currently raising 39 curlew chicks hatched from eggs collected in northern England. The birds will be released into the wild later this summer as part of the South of England Curlew Project, led by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT).

The first headstarted birds were released at the site in 2023.

Eurasian Curlew numbers in southern England have declined sharply in recent decades, with as few as 200 breeding pairs remaining to the south of Birmingham. The collapse has been linked to habitat loss and high levels of predation.

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