The problem with people who play both whistle and recorder well is that they are a very skewed sample of recorder players in general - just as, I'm sure, they are a skewed sample of whistle players.
And those forums google brings up are all dead

It looks like there isn't much hope...
On a related note, can someone knowledgeable describe the decline of early music revival? It is my impression that the interest in early music (including recorders) peaked in the 70s or so, and then virtually disappeared, leaving behind early music societies full of aging musicians, at least here in America. I'm sure it's not quite as simple as that, and the situation is probably different in Europe. Can someone who's been around since those glory days describe what happened?
here's a
Google Ngram graph demonstrating the fall from grace...