Bird Sightings: Black-tailed Godwit

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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa
Gaelic: Cearra-ghob

Photograph © Terry Fountain
Coot Loch - Benbecula - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
20th April, 2007

Summer adults

Barred markings in belly area and orange bill at the base are some of the distinguishing features from the summer adult bar-tailed godwit.

Summer adult females have a paler rufous-orange breast than the males.

Our godwit photographs:

Black-tailed Godwit
20th April 2007

Bar-tailed godwit
24th March 2007

Bar-tailed godwit
20th May 2007

Bar-tailed godwit
10th November 2007

Terry Fountain's web site:
http://www.hebridesphotographic.com

Other local bird photographs

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