Black Tailed Godwit
Taken at Musselburgh on 10th October 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Leighton Moss on 15th July 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Musselburgh on 13th August 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Baron's Haugh on 9th September 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Baron's Haugh on 1st September 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Black Tailed Godwit.
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Local Names:		 Limosa limosa.
Charadriiformes.
Scolopacidae.
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Shallow scrape among dense vegetation.
Aquatic worms and molluscs.
In summer, they have bright orangey-brown chests
and bellies, but in winter they're more greyish-brown.
Their most distinctive features are their long beaks
and legs, and the black and white stripes on their wings.
Female black-tailed godwits are bigger and heavier than
the males, with a noticeably longer beak.
In flight it shows a white wing-stripe and a black and white tail.
42 cm from bill to tail.
70–82 cm.
May - July. 1 brood, 3 to 4 eggs.
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