Whimbrel
Taken at Ardmore Point on 27th May 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Barns Ness on 28th April 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File


Taken at Ardmore Point on 14th August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Whimbrel
Whimbrel.
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Local names: 		Numenius phaeopus.
Charadriiformes.
Scolopacidae.
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 A bare scrape on tundra or Arctic moorland.
Feeds by probing soft mud for small invertebrates and by picking small crabs and similar prey off the surface.
It is mainly greyish brown, with a white back and rump with a long curved bill, with a kink rather than a smooth curve.
May - August.
3 - 5 Bluish green to a light olive green with lavender and brown markings.
A migratory bird wintering on coasts in Africa, and South Asia into Australasia.
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