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Curlew or Whimbrel, Ireland, Jan 2019 (1 Viewer)
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SteveClifton
Well-known member
It's a Curlew
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
I've got mixed up with these birds before and the guys on here have taught me that a Whimbrel tends to have a dark/darker stripe on the head. Yours lacks this.
Forget thinking about the shape of its bill as both birds bills can vary in length and curvature - but a Whimbrel's tends to be more straight then a curve near the tip, but you already know this.
Still haven't actually seen a Whimbrel though
Forget thinking about the shape of its bill as both birds bills can vary in length and curvature - but a Whimbrel's tends to be more straight then a curve near the tip, but you already know this.
Still haven't actually seen a Whimbrel though
BobbitWorm45
Well-known member
Still haven't actually seen a Whimbrel though [/QUOTE]
You won't see one in Ireland in January either. They're sunning themselves in Africa
[/QUOTE]You won't see one in Ireland in January either. They're sunning themselves in Africa
dantheman
Bah humbug
You won't see one in Ireland in January either. They're sunning themselves in Africa
Not totally true - a small number overwinter on the coast of especially Southern Ireland and SW UK.
arcadillor
Well-known member
eurasian curlew
BobbitWorm45
Well-known member
dantheman
Bah humbug
True, I forgot about the 30, or so, lazy ones. Should have said 'unlikely'.
It's quite interesting - a small number of Redshank and Curlew also overwinter on similar rocky shorelines - different populations/subsp even, learned behaviour or what?
I guess a small number must also overwinter NW France/Spain etc in similar habitats ...
