Signpost Series - the Irish Breeding Curlew EIP

After being widespread in Ireland back in the 1970s and early 1980s when 8,000 pairs were estimated to have been present, the Curlew is now one of Ireland’s most threatened breeding wader species.

Due to habitat destruction of many guises, the last national survey indicated that the species’ population had declined to just 100 breeding pairs.

Kathryn Finney, Project Manager of the Irish Curlew EIP, joined host Pat Murphy, Teagasc Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer, to provide more details on the species and the works carried out under the project in lower Lough Corrib – a lowland, wet grassland area – and the South Leitrim Bogs - which is a mixture of blanket bog and damp, rushy pasture - to protect this threatened species.

A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar, which was facilitated by Catherine Keena, Countryside Management Specialist, Teagasc.

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