26/05/2026
🦅 Curlew antics at Run Nidderdale 2026 😄⛰️
As well as entertaining runners and supporters around the course, local runner Matt Trevelyan was also helping raise awareness of and funds for curlew conservation — something very close to the hearts of many people in Nidderdale.
Matt has previously completed an number of iconic challenges including the Yorkshire Three Peaks dressed as ‘Cathy the curlew’ to help raise awareness of the challenges facing these iconic birds….but we think Run Nidderdale in a heat wave might have been his biggest challenge yet! 😅
We know the giant curlew caused plenty of smiles on race day, but the real curlews that nest on our moors are sadly under serious threat, with numbers declining significantly across the UK.
If you’d like to support the conservation work being carried out to help protect them, Matt is aiming to raise £10,000 — the equivalent of £1 for each of the 10,000 extra curlew chicks needed every year just to maintain a stable UK population. The UK is home to around a quarter of the world’s breeding Eurasian Curlews, yet their numbers have more than halved in the past 25 years due to a combination of habitat loss, changing land use, climate pressures, and predation. Every donation helps raise awareness of one of the UK’s most urgent conservation challenges 👇
https://www.justgiving.com/page/matthew-trevelyan-2?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
Huge thanks again to everyone who embraced the curlew chaos over the weekend, and of course to Matt for doing what he does! 😄🦅
