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whimbrel

Wading bird Numenius phaeopus, order Charadriiformes, with a medium-sized down-curved bill, streaked brown plumage, and striped head. About 40 cm/1.3 ft long, it breeds in the Arctic, and winters in Africa, southern North America, South America, and South Asia. It is related to the curlew.
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And RSPB Conwy says it's had reports of willow warblers and whimbrels - both not usually seen until mid-April.
WALES: Early heat bringing migrant bird boost by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
IT'S the bubbling, trilling call that gets tome every spring; not perhaps the most striking of our migrants, but whimbrels are certainly amongst the most evocative.
country: WHIMBRELS by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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