Eric Heath

Senior Project Manager (Species Recovery) at Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Pessimism is for Lightweights

[Kane Brides @KaneBrides]

The start of a new week & 20,000 steps later 👣 & #Curlew nests #15, #16 & #17 were found! The most nests ever found in our study area thanks to a great team of fieldworkers #SAVCurlews 🥳

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

First swifts of the year

[Alex Nicol-Harper @alexnicolharper]

"All observers receive a full history for birds they report" - look out for @ProjectGodwit colour-rings in the wild to receive observation chronicles in return! 🌍 from 'The science of saving a species [blackwit] from extinction in the UK' by @drredshank https://t.co/rVh4TEK9H2

[Kane Brides @KaneBrides]

& #SAVCurlews 2023 is off! First Curlew nest found today, a clutch of three eggs belonging to a male that was headstarted from @WWTSlimbridge & his partner. White "67" as he is known, at 4 years old, becomes the second headstarted Curlew to be found nesting in our study area! 💫

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

@gow_derek I wonder if that was one of our Dartmoor headstarts? Keep your eyes peeled Derek, would be great to know if it was colour ringed. Please report any signings to [email protected]

[Kane Brides @KaneBrides]

Happy World Curlew Day!

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

@ElmleyNNR @WWTLondon @projectgodwit @CurlewAction Thanks Philip. I really enjoyed it

[Lynda Donaldson @donaldsonlynda1]

Monitoring, aviculture, planning, decision-making, engagement. So much to learn and discuss about headstarting over just 2 days!

Thanks to all who attended and presented for making it such an insightful event
@projectgodwit @WWTworldwide @Natures_Voice

[Erik Kleyheeg @ErikKleyheeg]

Excellent examples of wader headstarting projects by @_SamanthaFranks (#curlew) and @donaldsonlynda1 (#godwit) in the UK at the @projectgodwit Conference at @WWTLondon, showing natural behaviour of released birds joining the tiny populations of both species in England.

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

I’ve been involved in pulling together this conference and I’m really excited by the line up. Come along and find out about the ups and downs of an amazing range of hands on species conservation projects from the UK, Europe and beyond.

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

@BirdgirlUK @gow_derek @StellaMcCartney @BenGoldsmith @voguemagazine @BritishVogue @glamourmag @Cosmopolitan @ELLEMagUK @chloefashion This photo of @gow_derek in the @StellaMcCartney shop made me laugh out loud. Keep up the good work Mya.

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

Sometimes you see a blue plaque that is so intriguing you just have to look it up. What an amazing life Helen Gwynne-Vaughan led https://t.co/zA3uv5gVw1

[Matt Shardlow @MattEAShardlow]

Government Bill will remove all pesticide regulation putting bees, wildlife and people at risk.
More here on @BBCFarmingToday from 2.20
https://t.co/AEEHFNUPpA
@Minette_Batters @DaveGoulson @LinesMartin @Buzz_dont_tweet @GeorgeMonbiot @Farmer_Tom_UK @Farm3Dwithtrees

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

This is so important, yet feels massively under reported

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

The relentless rise of pesticides. From https://t.co/e1trlWlum6 @PAN_UK @WildlifeTrusts

[PaulHadaway @PaulHadaway3]

So no commitment to ELMS which has been a point of unity between farmers & conservation as we’ve worked through together how to create something that works for productivity, environment & public good. Great to know Defra are so expert at using emojis though, adds such gravitas

[Eric Heath @eco_landmanager]

I’m not generally disposed to despair. I’m with ⁦@salenagodden⁩ ‘pessimism is for lightweights’, but Jesus this government are trying their best to upset me.
Government poised to scrap nature ‘Brexit bonus’ for farmers https://t.co/9RXPTVQ1G2

[PaulHadaway @PaulHadaway3]

What a shockingly mealy-mouthed response from the Dept which is home to the agencies charged with protecting our environment - the poor track record of those agencies in enforcing the protections we have had thus far speaks for itself but this is a new low

[Kane Brides @KaneBrides]

@WWTconservation's @donaldsonlynda1 up next @WaderStudy conference on what @ProjectGodwit headstarting is teaching us about juvenile survival & recruitment. #Waders #Ornithology

[Mary Colwell @curlewcalls]

I'm leaving this here.