whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus

Smaller version of curlew with small bill and striped face pattern

Habitat: estuaries, moors, freshwater marshes and fields

Passage migrant in spring and autumn to most of Britain; breeds Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia

Small brown wader with short decurved bill, striped crown and grey legs

Normally seen in fields near to freshwater, where distinctive call often reveals presence

Eats crabs and molluscs; in flight white 'V' extends up back

Nest is a hollow on ground

1 Brood April-June; 4 eggs olive blotched brown