The Curlew:
is a large native wading bird, with long legs and a long down-curved bill. The call of the Curlew was once synonymous with the Irish landscape and has inspired and featured in much of our literature, including song, poetry and stories. It was once very widespread, even up to 30 years ago, but has since suffered a 98% crash in population, primarily due to changes in landscape and land-use, with the wet, marginal land they thrived on being depleted and made inhospitable.