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| Image Description: |
A Curlew nests on the grass |
| Image notes: |
This would be taken in May when these birds are nesting. Chicks are sometimes moved a considerable distance to lower ground when they hatch. |
| Species in Image: |
Curlew |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00836 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Curlew |
| Latin Name |
Numenius arquata |
| Shetland Name |
Whaap |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Common breeding bird. An estimated 2800 pairs nest on Moorland and croft 'outruns'. They are on their breeding territory in March, nesting in early May. |
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