As a young boy, Maurice Maguire recalls many enjoyable summers spent by the shores of Kilmore on Upper Lough Erne. Staying with his late uncle, ...

The warbling call of the curlew has returned to Trasna Island in Lower Lough Erne. Conservationists are celebrating the first successful breeding birds on the island in living memory. RSPB (NI ...

Because of that, bird scientists find it surprising when a species native to land, especially to a very large area, disappears. But that appears to be the case with the Slender-billed Curlew.

The Curlew was once a common sight across the coasts and farmlands of the UK and Ireland. "It's our largest wading bird. They're really beautiful and have the most amazing haunting call," said ...