Just three fledgling curlews survived in Nidderdale this year, as villagers take conservation into their own hands
Mr Carter said the problem wasn't that the birds weren't producing young; they were. But they proved a feast for carrion crows, foxes, and black headed gulls."There's an unbelievable amount of predation," he said."Of more than 20 nests, there are just three chicks left. The rest have perished.
As the chicks have reared, they watched progress from a distance. And then their decline, with just a handful surviving.Mr Carter started with 18 fields, then took on a few more. What he thought might take him three hours a week, in walking the countryside, has grown to almost 25.He has come to enjoy it, he said. The curlews led them on a"mesmerising trail" to find the nests, while he has seen species he didn't know remained in Nidderdale.
"It does actually make you feel alive. It's a fantastic feeling. There's a lot of benefits you get from volunteering." "Maybe we can help with giving curlew chicks a chance to survive, by thinking how we cut," said Mr Carter."From this small survey, it isn't enough to keep up curlew numbers.
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