SS15 wildlife watching

This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.

Tuesday 21 April 2020

Today is World Curlew Day

21st April is World Curlew Day.

This is a grass-roots initiative, supported by major environmental organisations, to raise awareness of the plight of Curlew species around the world and to encourage activities to help them.

For more information, please see .... Curlew Action

The Eurasian Curlew is one of the most widespread of the Curlew species, breeding across temperate Europe, including the UK, and Asia. It is the largest European wading bird, instantly recognisable on winter estuaries or summer uplands and moors by its long, downcurved bill, brown upperparts, long legs and its evocative, bubbling and melancholic calls.

BBC Radio 4 “Tweet of the Day - Curlew”

Here are 2 of my photos of this beautiful bird: