Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68270

Curlews: Conservation and Ecology

Tabled: 15 July 2025

Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to work with devolved Administrations to improve the sharing of data on curlew (a) ecology and (b) population health.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Data on UK-wide curlew ecology and population health is primarily gathered and shared through the British Bird Survey (BBS) and the Birds of Conservation Concern (BoCC) review. The BBS is the main scheme for monitoring the population changes of the UK’s c...

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