Mary Colwell
2025
Mary is a writer, TV and radio producer and conservationist, whose massive walk across the breadth of the UK in 2016 helped raise the profile of the Curlew, and led her to write the greatly influential Curlew Moon. Mary founded the charity, Curlew Action in late-2019 after a series of talks, meetings and forums among experts discussing what was most needed to rescue the rapidly declining UK Curlew population.
My Sessions
Can Curlews Live on Farmland?
Mary Colwell will discuss the Eurasian Curlew’s reliance on farmland in the UK for breeding and rearing chicks, both in the lowlands and the uplands. The Curlew is a red-listed species whose decline is largely due to poor breeding success. Issues include high levels of predation, intensive farming practices, habitat degradation, flooding, drought, afforestation, lack […]