The Eurasian curlew is one of the UK’s most rapidly declining breeding birds. Numbers have fallen by more than 65% since the 1970s, placing it on the Red List of birds of conservation concern. The species requires an estimated 10,000 additional chicks to fledge each year simply to stabilise the UK population.
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You will need:
1 big pompom
1 small pompom
1 piece of fluffy fabric
2 googly eyes
2 lolly sticks glued together in a cross shape
String
1 pair of scissors
1 piece of card
Craft glue or hot glue
What to do:
- Glue the small pompom (head), fluffy fabric (neck) and big pompom (body) together.
- On your card, draw 2 feet, a beak and 2 wings for your chick.
- Carefully cut out your drawings.
- Glue your feet onto some pieces of string and tie them round the body.
- Glue the google eyes and beak onto the head. Glue the wings onto the body.
- Cut four pieces of string measuring about 30 cm each. You will need to trim these to the right lengths as you attach them to your puppet in steps 7 and 8. Glue a piece of string onto each end of the lolly stick cross.
- Glue one string to the top of the head and the opposite string to the back of the body.
- Glue one of the other strings to one foot, and the final string to the other foot.
- All done! Your curlew chick puppet is ready to creep, stalk and dance!
Help protect real curlews
Curlews are disappearing from the UK countryside, but families and children can help. Find out why these amazing birds are in danger, meet the giant curlews taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks and discover simple ways to help protect them.