Curlews, passage or breeding?

[JoulesH]

I have heard a curlew 'bubbling' as well as the straight 'curl-ew' call most days for the last 10 days or so. Is this likely to still be a passage migrant or do you think there's a chance of breeding? Our farm is lowland Leics, down in a shallow valley. There are large open pastoral (extensive grass) fields and winter cereals and even some wader scrapes put in by our neighbours a few years ago. Curlew definitely breed less than 10 miles away on open arable land.

[aeshna5]

Could be either really! If there is suitable habitat + they breed fairly locally then it's plausable they may be breeding here.