Breeding curlew on the verge of extinction in Ireland

Traonach · 2011-07-30 21:44:50

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Publications/eWings/eWingsIssue22July2011/CatastrophicCurlewdeclinesuncovered/tabid/1189/Default.aspx 96% decline in 20 years

30-07-2011 10:44PM

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http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Publications/eWings/eWingsIssue22July2011/CatastrophicCurlewdeclinesuncovered/tabid/1189/Default.aspx
96% decline in 20 years

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#2 05-08-2011 11:41PM

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Theres over 20 birds in a field near our house. It must be where they meet up after breeding as they were there last year as well.

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#3 10-08-2011 10:15AM

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Saw a few curlews in a field this morning while on my way to a job in west Limerick.

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