Wildlife Welfare

Wild Curlew Chick Welfare Support

Curlew chick welfare programs including supplementary rearing help prevent extinction and support individual chick survival during the critical post-hatch period.

Key Facts

Curlew chicks are precocial but face intense predation pressure in the first weeks
Supplementary rearing programs take eggs or young chicks at risk and rear them to release age
Released curlew have been shown to return and breed successfully in some programs
Nest protection through electric fencing and predator management improves chick survival
Volunteer monitoring programs provide data on chick welfare and survival rates

Welfare Considerations

Each curlew chick that survives to fledging is a direct welfare gain for an individual bird and a contribution to preventing species extinction. Supplementary rearing programs represent intensive but targeted welfare interventions for one of the UK's most endangered birds.

What You Can Do

Support Curlew Country supplementary rearing programs through donation
Volunteer for curlew monitoring and nest protection programs
Advocate for upland management and predator control policies that support curlew recovery