The findings, highlighted by the Moorland Association on 3 August, score the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier against what breeding curlew actually require. What did the review find on predator control? Neither the Sustainable Farming Incentive nor Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier funds lethal predator control, and neither supports the multi-farm agreements that would allow it to work at a landscape scale. What happens nextThe authors recommend results-based payments, which reward chicks fledged rather than actions taken, and a local facilitator role to coordinate nest-finding and predator control across groups of farms. Why does the scale of predator control matter for curlew?