New Forest curlew becomes the oldest living bird of its species in the UK

[willie_gunn]

Nature can be truly remarkable at times.

With curlew being critically endangered in the UK, and populations estimated to having declined by over 65% since the 1970's, it is amazing to think that this bird is just a few months short of reaching 34 years of age:

New Forest curlew becomes the oldest living bird of its species in the UK - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

www.gwct.org.uk

 

[Nickb]

Unbelievable, had no idea that they could live that long.

 

[artschool]

does it get a telegram from the king?

 

[camodog]

A couple of years ago I found a dead lesser blackback on the Ribble estuary. It had a BTO ring on. It had been rung as a juvenile on the gullery, on the same estuary, 23 years earlier.