Curlew Numenius arquata

Large brown wader with long decurved bill and familiar bubbling call

Habitat: estuaries, moors and freshwater marshes

Common winter visitor; small numbers breed on moorland of N. and W. Britain

Large wader with streaked brown upperparts, long decurved bill and pale legs

Call is a loud 'Coor-lee', and an excited bubbling call in summer

Often forms large flocks on estuaries, eating crabs, molluscs and worms; in flight white 'V' extends up rump

Nest is a lined hollow on ground

1 Brood April-June; 4 olive eggs blotched brown