Curlew surveys and project work 2021

The Upper Clun, Clee Hill and Strettons area Community Wildlife groups worked with the Shropshire Ornithological Society Save our Curlews campaign, to find nests, protect them with electric fences, and radio-tag and track chicks, to find out what happens to them....
Kestrel Nest Box Success 2021

Kestrel Nest Box Success 2021

A pair of kestrels raised 4 young using one of our nest boxes located on Catherton Common. John Plant (a local amateur wildlife photographer) took this opportunity to put up a hide and over many hours of patient waiting managed to capture some wonderful images.

Stiperstones Bird Walk – Sunday 6th June 2021

Join us to look for the special birds in our spectacular area Sunday, 6 June 2021 at 9.30am (finish around 12.30pm). Mainly heathland birds, including Buzzard, Red Kite, Kestrel, Red Grouse, Lapwing, Curlew, Cuckoo, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Whinchat,...

Curlew Monitoring and Conservation – 2021

Hi Curlew Bird Surveyors Please find attached a summary of the CWG Curlew survey results for Shropshire in 2020, which shows that monitoring wasn’t affected significantly by lockdown, that collectively we monitored 93-111 breeding pairs, and only one pair fledged any...