This session from the European Curlew Headstarting Workshop was led by Dr Alex Nicol-Harper from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) and focused on strategies for releasing Curlews into the wild. Discussions focused on the merits of hard versus soft releases, selecting optimal release areas, and the influence of existing wild populations. Headstarting projects contributed insights on predator management at release sites and observations on whether released birds tend to breed locally or disperse.
Discussion with Alex Nicol-Harper
Dr Alex Nicol-Harper is a Principal Research Officer in the Wetland Bioscience team at WWT. She uses her background in ecology and conservation, with a focus on population modelling and breeding biology, to advise on recovery projects for a range of bird species, including curlew and other waders.
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European Curlew Headstarting Online Workshop
This blog was produced as an output of the European Curlew Headstarting Online Workshop, a virtual event delivered by Curlew Action and the Biological Recording Company. Check out the other presentations and outputs in the other blogs resulting from this event.
- An Overview of Headstarting Curlews
- Curlew Headstarting Projects: Europe
- Curlew Headstarting Projects: England
- Curlew Headstarting: Eggs, Incubation and Hatching
- Curlew Headstarting: Rearing Chicks
- Curlew Headstarting: Health & Disease
- Curlew Headstarting: Releasing Birds
- Curlew Headstarting: Post-release Monitoring
For more information about this event, the speakers and the presentations see the event delegate pack below.
Biological Recording 