It is Britain’s largest wading bird and has mottled grey ... place and heard this haunting sound will have it printed inside them forever. It is the curlew’s superpower, an arcing, bubbling ...

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 number of the birds in England has dropped by 60% in 40 years according to charity Curlew Action, because of "widespread changes to our countryside". The walk is 28 miles (45km) from the ...