The Slender-Billed Curlew: A Song Forever Silenced 🕊️ The slender-billed curlew, once a rare migratory wader that journeyed between Siberia’s tundra and the wetlands of the Mediterranean and North Africa, has now been officially declared extinct by the IUCN. Known for its graceful form and vast migrations, this elusive bird saw its numbers collapse throughout the 20th century — the result of habitat destruction, hunting, wetland degradation, and climate change. Despite two decades of intensive

Spring is inbound with the calls of the Curlew, it fills we with hope. “The curlew speaks to our wilder selves, its call igniting something deep within that we may have forgotten was there; sparking wonder and joy”. Some also hear its song as a mourning, but it’s hope for me, the lighter days are inbound. #curlew #orkney #sunrise | Orkney Uncovered