curlew
Numenius arquata
Compare with:
whimbrel
Key facts
Large brown wader with long decurved bill and familiar bubbling call
Habitat: estuaries, moors and freshwater marshes
Common winter visitor; small numbers breed on moorland of N. and W. Britain
Recognition
Large wader with streaked brown upperparts, long decurved bill and pale legs
Often forms large flocks on estuaries
Eats crabs, molluscs and worms; in flight white 'V' extends up rump
Lifecycle
Nest is a lined hollow on ground
1 Brood April-June; 4 eggs olive blotched brown
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