Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Medium-sized shorebird with long decurved bill and black legs

Habitat: freshwater marshes, estuaries and shores

Regular passage migrant mainly in autumn; breeds in siberia

Brick red all over with long decurved bill

Feeds busily on shorelines when decurved bill becomes obvious

Eats crustaceans, insects and molluscs. in flight has white rump

Nest is a hollow on ground

1 brood June to July; 3-4 olive-brown eggs