Russell Wynn

Professor Russell Wynn is a Trustee of Curlew Action and has been Director of Wild New Forest CIC since 2020, a not-for-profit conservation organisation in the New Forest National Park. Prior to that he enjoyed a 20-year science career at the UK National Oceanography Centre, culminating in a two-year stint as Associate Director and an ongoing role as Honorary Professor at University of Southampton. Russell also has extensive ornithological and conservation experience, including former roles as Chairman of the Seabird Group of UK and Ireland, and Manager of the England Curlew Recovery Partnership. He is a keen all-round naturalist and photographer, and has previously captured the first photo of Blue Whale in English waters, found and photographed the first Balearic Woodchat Shrike for Scotland, and most recently found the first UK specimen of Coprinopsis alnivora, a globally rare inkcap fungus!

Some perspectives on the UK Curlew breeding season in 2023

Curlews, Eurasian Curlew / By Russell Wynn

As we say goodbye to 2023 it’s a good time to look back on the Eurasian Curlew breeding season and search for signs of optimism or despair! This summary is largely based upon results presented at the recent Curlew Forum meeting at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge Wetland Centre on 16 Nov 2023, […]

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The Curlew Recovery Partnership

Introduction The Curlew Recovery Partnership (CRP) was officially launched on 01 Mar 2021, and following a joint press release it was encouraging to see widespread publicity in national, regional and specialist media. The first emails started arriving in our CRP email account from mid-morning onwards on launch day, and for the remainder of the month