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.