A local farmer is asking for help to count curlews this spring after national trends showed that the birds are facing a worrying decline. Curlews are a much-loved bird in Galloway, and their beautiful display calls were once a familiar sound across the region, but across Scotland their numbers have dropped by almost two thirds since 1996, and some of the worst declines have taken place in the south west…
Read MoreAs wading birds return to their breeding grounds during March, preparation for the season ahead has been gathering pace at Working for Waders. Building on the progress made during 2021, we’re really excited to push on with a number of different projects which were set up in previous years. Monitoring work and surveys will continue with our partner organisations in a number of locations across Scotland, and we’re also looking to rerun our Nest Camera Project to find out more about…
Read MoreWorking for Waders was delighted to learn that Kinclune Organic Farm in Angus won the Food and Farming Award at RSPB’s 10th anniversary Nature of Scotland Awards last month. In the citation for the award, Kinclune Organic Farm “demonstrates that it is in the power…
Read MoreThe Working for Waders project is excited to announce that thirteen projects will receive support from the 2021 Small Grants Fund. The grants will fund a range of projects from predator control and rush management to the establishment of collaborative farm clusters from Ayrshire to Aberdeenshire…
Read MoreOur Small Grants Fund closed this morning at 9am. We’d like to thank everybody who applied to be part of this phase of the Small Grants Fund, and we’ll soon make…
Read MoreIt has been great to see a new video produced by RSPB Scotland about wader conservation at Kinclune, an Organic farm in the Angus Glens near Kirriemuir. The video is available to view…
Read MoreThe Working for Waders Small Grants Fund will open again in July to help farmers and land managers deliver projects for waders in Scotland…
Read MoreThe Working for Waders nest camera project is starting to wind down for the year after a busy wader breeding season across Scotland. Thanks to support from a range of farmers, gamekeepers and crofters working everywhere from Galloway to Shetland…
Read MoreThere are some really exciting wader research projects happening in Scotland right now, and we’re always pleased to learn more about new techniques and ideas to gather more information about wader…
Read MoreThanks to a donation we received during the winter, Working for Waders has been able to set up and run a nest camera project during the 2021 breeding season. This is a pilot scheme
Read MoreAn update on The Curlew Recovery Partnership in England, with lots of exciting crossover for those of us…
Read MoreIt has been really encouraging to hear from a wide variety of people across Scotland who are all keen to share news of waders returning…
Read MoreWe’re delighted to be launching our annual Story So Far document, which looks back on all the work…
Read MoreDuring the autumn of 2020, Working for Waders set up a Small Grants Fund to contribute towards practical works to improve wader habitats…
Read MorePredator control is an important strand of the Working for Waders project. We recently interviewed gamekeepers Scott MacKenzie and Bruce Cooper…
Read MoreApplications are now open for the Working for Waders Small Grants Fund pilot for farmers and other land managers to help save our waders…
Read MoreWorking for Waders is keen to connect different wader conservation projects across Scotland. We all work better when we work together, and the plan is to create a collaborative network of active wader
Read MoreA partnership between RSPB Scotland, SAC Consulting and 17 farmers in the upper Clyde Valley has received Biodiversity Challenge Funding…
Read More‘Build it and they will come’. That’s what Kevin Costner said in the film Field of Dreams. In Kevin’s case he was talking about…
Read MoreDan Brown works for RSPB Scotland on a range of wader projects across the Southern Uplands, and his particular focus is frequently directed towards…
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