On 6 July, outside a supermarket in Wiltshire, a disorientated young stone-curlew was found by a member of the public, who thought it was a young bird of prey.
Stone-curlews are one of the UK's rarest breeding birds and it is incredibly unusual to see one in a town.
Since it was returned to its rightful home, the young bird has been spotted by staff feeding in the area with other stone-curlews..
The birds are very nervous and are vulnerable to disturbance and so are normally found well away from people.
The bird was taken to Wiltshire wildlife hospital and when they realised what the bird was, their staff immediately contacted us.
After about a week in captivity it started flapping and was taken to Normanton Downs reserve to be released. This area is a traditional roost site - an ideal place to release this lost fledgling.
Since it was returned to its rightful home, the young bird has been spotted by staff feeding in the area with other stone-curlews.
These birds will be gathering together in a roost before their long migration back to Southern Spain or North Africa in autumn.
We have been running species recovery projects for over 30 years in the area to conserve the stone-curlew.
It is a partnership between landowners and conservationists, to help maintain and create stone-curlew habitat. By the mid 1980's there were fewer than 170 pairs of stone-curlews left.
These projects have been a success and there are now around 400 pairs - found mainly in the Brecks and around Salisbury Plain in Wessex.
However, they are still fully dependent on hands-on conservation work and without it, they would still be declining - the more birds there are, the more money it is costing to protect them.
In September 2012 a new EU LIFE+ project began with the aim of ensuring that these fantastic birds are sustainable long-term.
Keeley