Bolton Estate in Wensleydale is to launch Curlew Safaris this June with a birdwatching tour in a 4x4 and talk by the gamekeepers. The curlew is Britain’s most endangered wading bird, with a population decline of about 60 per cent since the 1980s. But the estate, a member of the Moorland Association, has a record high of 220 curlew nests this year. This is almost the same number as can be found in the whole of the south of England, from Birmingham to Cornwall.
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00:00 So my name's Ian Sleightoam, I'm head gamekeeper here at Bolton Castle Estate in
00:05 in Wensleydale. We have a Yorkshire Dales mooling group which is set up by gamekeepers
00:12 in the Yorkshire Dales and through the through the mooling group we are hosting
00:17 a curlew safari on the 8th and 9th of June at Bolton Castle in Wensleydale and
00:22 this comprises of gamekeepers taking the public round, round the estate showing
00:27 all the wildlife at a wonderful time of year when all the chicks are hatching and
00:32 yeah we've got a real abundance of waders and migratory birds back on the
00:36 moors.
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