{"id":376398,"date":"2026-04-01T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376398\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:48:09","slug":"curlew-conservation-trust-established-in-sliabh-beagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376398\/","title":{"rendered":"Curlew Conservation Trust established in Sliabh Beagh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local councillor has welcomed the establishment of the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Pauric Clerkin says this is an important step in protecting one of our most loved and threatened native birds.<\/p>\n<p>Curlew numbers across Ireland have fallen sharply in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Loss of habitat, changes in land use, predators, and disturbance during nesting season are all making it harder for chicks to survive.<\/p>\n<p>The Fine Gael representative says the work of this new Trust is &#8220;very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He told Northern Sound that by protecting habitats, monitoring nests, working with local people, and raising awareness, they are helping to give the Curlew a better chance of survival into the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A local councillor has welcomed the establishment of the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust. Cllr Pauric Clerkin says&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-376398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}