Bird Sightings : Curlew

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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Curlew

Curlew

(Eurasian Curlew)

Numensis arquata

Gaelic: Guilbneach

Photography © Terry Fountain
Torlum Machair, Isle of Benbecula - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
18th March, 2007

"There were 30+ curlew there that day"

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Curlew
in snow

Curlew

Curlew
flight

Curlew records in the Western Isles

Uncommon resident breeder (10-99 breeding pairs), fairly common passage and winter visitor (occurs in small numbers)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Curlew is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

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