17/05/2018
Suffolk police are appealing for information following the
theft of four Eurasian
Stone-curlew eggs from Cavenham Heath NNR in Suffolk. Offenders
took the eggs from the nesting site at some point between 4 and 9 May.
The species was almost lost as a breeding bird in Britain,
with numbers declining from around 2,000 pairs in the 1920s to just 168 pairs
in 1991. A successful recovery programme in the east of England has increased
this number to 400 pairs. However, Eurasian Stone-curlew remains Amber listed
as a Bird of Conservation Concern in the UK.
Sergeant Brian Calver of Suffolk Constabulary commented:
“These are a Schedule One bird, which receive a high level of protection, to
include their nesting sites.
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