The Curlew Conservation Project which is running in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Service is continuing across counties Cavan and Monaghan. The project has been running for two years now and is focused on identifying the native curlew or pairs of the bird which has been in decline since the 1980s.
John Cusack from the Project, and who is Monaghan based, says there are just a few pairs left across the region, and they too are under threat. He highlighted how there are just 100 pairs of Curlew left in Ireland.
Speaking to the Wider View John began by explaining why the native Curlew is such an important bird.
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