Curlew Country

Mike has contacted us from Packmoor, just north of Stoke-on-Trent:
I heard a curlew in this area one day last week. Today I heard the very distinctive crescendo of notes.  He must have flown right
over the house but I could not get outside quick enough. There are groundwater drainage lagoons nearby….
Today also had us distributing more [...]

A pair sighted in Fawfieldhead, along with a solitary Lapwing. They were in fine voice too. The weather was a bit murky, spitting with rain and quite windy, but there has been a rise in temperature the last few days. Must have the camera and/or video recorder at the ready from now on …..

It would appear that there has been at least one curlew in the Upper Dove valley since mid-late February. The have also now been heard, but not seen, in the Shawfield area, above the Upper Manifold.

Curlews reported in the Quarnford area on Mothering Sunday. Please keep reports coming ….