It has been a record-breaking year for curlew with 80 new fledging chicks recorded in Antrim and Fermanagh.
With just 200 breeding pairs of the once thriving species left in Northern Ireland, the rare groundnesting birds have been given a helping hand by conservationists and farmers.
RSPB NI revealed the latest results of ongoing efforts to save the species from extinction, saying it was down to “tireless habitat management by farmers and landowners” in Glenwherry and Lower Lough Erne Reserve.
