Curlew Headstarting: Releasing Birds

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.