curlew
Numenius arquata

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

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

Nest is a lined hollow on ground

1 Brood April-June; 4 eggs olive blotched brown