Shetland Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: B9078 before Braewick Cafe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.





Place: North Roe, Shetland Mainland
Date: 12 June 2018.



Place: Muness Castle, Yell, Shetland Islands
Date: 14 June 2018.



[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

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