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Somerset Levels and MoorsHarry Paget-WilkesRSPB Site Manager
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5 yr averaged Breeding Curlew-West Sedgemoor
So what do we do• We manage (with others) on large scale
So what do we do• we manage (with others) on large scale• managing under HLS agreements• water management• predator management• scrub control • annual surveys
Late hay cutting on an extensive scale
What next• Research: why are they doing well here and how
well are they actually doing.• Advice and influence around the other remnant
population.• Landscape scale: valued and supported, compatible
land management systems.
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