1. Eurasian Curlew and its Rare Relative Dr. Norbert Schäffer

4. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Key facts 2010 IUCN Red List status Near Threatened Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies) Species name author (Linnaeus, 1758) Population estimate 770,000 - 1,065,000 Mature individuals Population trend decreasing Range estimate (breeding/resident) 12,600,000 km2 Country endemic? No

10. Wetland species

12. Eurasian Curlew Current distribution Predicted distribution

13. Drainage, Belarus, 1995

14. Management of wetlands, Sporovo, Belarus

19. Eurasian Curlew

20. Slender-billed Curlew Yemen, 1984 by Richard Porter

21. Slender-billed Curlew and Eurasian Curlew by Brosselin, Brittany 1968

22. Slender-billed Curlews by Brayton Holt, Merja Zerga Morocco, January 1994

23. Slender-billed Curlew with Whimbrel Ukraine, 1964

24. Slender-billed Curlew by Brosselin, Brittany 1968

26. Slender-billed curlew Numenius tenuirostris Key facts 2010 IUCN Red List status Critically Endangered Family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies) Species name author Vieillot, 1817 Population estimate 50 Mature individuals Population trend decreasing Range estimate (breeding/resident) - Country endemic? No

33. The Quest for the Sl ender -b illed Curlew

34. Slender-billed Curlew by Chris Gomersall, Merja Zerga, Morocco, 1995

36. Where to search? How to search? Which habitat? When to search?

38. www.slenderbilledcurlew.net

39. Slender-billed curlew, Yemen 1984, R Porter Slender-billed curlew, Merja Zerga, Morocco, January 1988 Arnoud van den Berg

40. Reasons to be optimistic: easily overlooked

41. Ukraine

43. So why resuscitate it now?

44. Reasons to be optimistic: volunteer enthusiasm Egypt

45. Egypt

47. Egypt

48. Sudan

49. Tunisia

50. Morocco

53. Satellite transmitter

54. Painting by Chris Rose

55. Eskimo Curlew by Donald Bleitz, Galveston Island, Texas, 1962

56. Great Auk

57. Slender-billed Curlew by Chris Gomersall, Merja Zerga, Morocco , February 1995