Curlew Recovery South Lakes
Barney Sykes
The speaker at the meeting of Kendal Rotary club on 10th February was Barney Sykes from ‘Curlew Recovery South Lakes’. They are all volunteers in a conservation scheme helping save endangered birds in our region say "every day a chick is alive, is a success". The Curlew Recovery South Lakes Project, based near Kendal, is an organisation dedicated to protecting Europe's largest wading bird. However, the population is now in dangerously low numbers. Last year, 18 breeding pairs were tried here. Upon the return of the birds, farmers spend hours trying to locate their nests for safekeeping. So far this year, volunteers have fenced off 20 curlew nests - But still not enough for a stable population.
