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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Curlew

Curlew

(Eurasian Curlew)

Numensis arquata

Gaelic: Guilbneach

Photography © Debbie Bozkurt
Baleshare - Benbecula - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
11th February, 2006

 

Our Curlew photographs

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)

 

 

Other local bird photographs

Sources of information for the bird sightings section

Debbie's online photo album

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