{"id":944781,"date":"2026-05-07T23:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944781\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:05:18","slug":"loss-of-curlew-nest-deeply-upsetting-following-sliabh-beagh-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/944781\/","title":{"rendered":"Loss of curlew nest &#8216;deeply upsetting&#8217; following Sliabh Beagh fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns have been raised after a recent fire broke out on a mountain in the Sliabh Beagh area.<\/p>\n<p>While the full circumstances are still unclear, local conservationists are concerned that the fire may have been deliberately set.<\/p>\n<p>Donal Beaggan is a member of the recently formed Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust.<\/p>\n<p>In a landscape where so much care and effort goes into protecting vulnerable wildlife, Donal said this recent incident was &#8220;incredibly hard to see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the fire service was able to stop the fire, the disturbance level was just too much and the curlew in the area abandoned their nest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Donal, weeks of monitoring, protection, and hope went into this nest and too lose it in such a way is &#8220;deeply upsetting for everyone involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Northern Sound, Donal warned that losses like this do not just affect the present moment but can contribute to the long-term decline of the species in this area for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to visitors who are out on the hills to please remain mindful of fire risk and report anything concerning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concerns have been raised after a recent fire broke out on a mountain in the Sliabh Beagh area.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-944781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116535802350365184","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}