2025

Director of Research Dr. Andrew Hoodless explains more about the ground breaking project researching common snipe migration that you can support through the GWCT Snipe Appeal.

The GWCT carries out research on a number of shorebirds and waders. From studies of the migration routes of snipe, lapwing and curlew, to the monitoring of nesting habits of lapwing in wet meadows and arable fields, to developing new techniques to protect them from predators.

What does it take to bring back a bird on the edge of extinction? For curlew, one of the UK’s most threatened breeding birds, the answer is anything but simple. Their story captures the tangled challenges of modern conservation, balancing farming, land use and our own connection to nature.

The great snipe is a bird steeped in both history and mystery, captivating hunters and ornithologists alike for centuries.