“Whaups up?” Scottish Curlew Conference

Fundraising campaign by Mary Colwell
  • £946.00
    raised of £3,000.00 goal goal
31% Funded
21 Donors

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Photo thanks to Margaret Holland.

I am fundraising for a one-day conference in Scotland in September 2018 to highlight the plight of the Curlew and to find ways to reverse its decline. Curlews are disappearing very fast, we have lost half the number of Curlews in the UK over the last 20 years. This is the final of four independent conferences I have set up throughout the UK and Ireland, others have been in S England, S Ireland and Wales.



Remaining independent of any organisation, but with support from many, has been very successful, allowing a great range of people to attend and forge partnerships. This one day meeting will bring people together from all sectors - landholders, conservationists, farmers, NGOs, game and shooting and passionate individuals. Everyone has a part to play in helping Curlews thrive once more in Scotland.

Please help me hold this special event


The Curlew is woven into Scottish heritage, Robert Burns wrote: I never heard the solitary whistle of curlew on a summer noon without feeling an elevation of soul.’

Fundraising Team

  • Mike Smart
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Donors

  • Heidi Herrmann
  • Donated on Jul 08, 2018
  • Having just read the amazing "The Moth Snowstorm" by Michael McCarthy I feel these birds in my heart and wish this initiative much success!!

£50.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jul 06, 2018
  • An expression of personal support to amplify the signal this sends to organisationsal supporters and other funders.

£25.00
  • Kate Foster
  • Donated on Jul 03, 2018
  • Thanks for making this event happen, I'm looking forward to hearing about what can be done.

£15.00

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Donors & Comments

21 donors
  • Heidi Herrmann
  • Donated on Jul 08, 2018
  • Having just read the amazing "The Moth Snowstorm" by Michael McCarthy I feel these birds in my heart and wish this initiative much success!!

£50.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Jul 06, 2018
  • An expression of personal support to amplify the signal this sends to organisationsal supporters and other funders.

£25.00
  • Kate Foster
  • Donated on Jul 03, 2018
  • Thanks for making this event happen, I'm looking forward to hearing about what can be done.

£15.00
  • Paul Davis
  • Donated on May 29, 2018
  • On World Curlew Day we held a Curlew exhibition and talk to raise funds and awareness for the plight of the Curlew at St Lawrence Church on the banks of the Blackwater in Essex. We have made a donation to the BTO Curlew appeal and would also like to support Mary Colwell with her plans for this conference and her on going conservation work. Well done Mary!

£50.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on May 28, 2018
  • Hi Mary. I chipped in to crowdfund your book, which I've now read - very good! - and am sending a copy to friends in Cumbria who live in a 'Curlew House'. And today I've seen your Guardian piece, so well done again. Tim

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  • Tom Smyth
  • Donated on May 08, 2018
  • Never funded a bird before but here we go...

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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on May 08, 2018
  • A wonderful cause: keep going!

£30.00
  • Jeremy Mynott
  • Donated on May 05, 2018
  • Good luck –hope this is easier than walking 500 miles

£25.00
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£946.00
raised of £3,000.00 goal
31% Funded
21 Donors

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities