Recent data on the declining breeding population of Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata in western Poland
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14 – 17
Published
1 April 11
Authors
Łukasz Ławicki, Przemysław Wylegała
Correspondence
Łukasz Ławicki
izuza@interia.pl
West-Pomeranian Nature Society, Flisacza 35e/6, 74-100 Gryfino, Poland.
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Surveys in W Poland during 2004–2010 show a 73% decline in the Eurasian Curlew population since 1980–1996. Most curlew breed along the valleys of the big rivers. The most likely reasons for the decline are loss and degradation of habitat arising from modern agricultural practices, land drainage, development and afforestation and an increase in ground predators.