Whimbrel

Charadriiformes

Place: Halligarth Woods, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Skaw, Unst, Shetland Islands
Date: 15 June 2018.

Place: Cabo Carvoeira, near Peniche, coast north of Lisbon
Date: 7 September 2018.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.

Place: Henllwyn, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.

[Numenius phaeopus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Whimbrel]

The sound of the whimbrel (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dougie Preston)

Distribution and sightings of the whimbrel across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).