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Birds seen in salt-marshes & estuaries in the UK: Bar-tailed Godwit

Birds Korea - Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica
http://www.birdskorea.org/barwithomepage.asp
Enjoy colour photograph of dozens of bar-tailed godwits taking flight. Tells of when to see them in Korea and their annual long-haul flights.
BTO: Wetland Bird Survey - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://blx1.bto.org/webs/alerts/national-accounts/maps/bartailedgodwit.htm
Find series of maps show geographical trends in the size of bar-tailed godwit flocks visiting Britain in the short-term, medium-term, and long-term.
Isle of Man Birding - Bar-tailed Godwit by Chris
http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Bar-tailed%20Godwit050104.htm
Help recognize the visual appearance of this long-legged migratory bird by studying colour image of solitary specimen feeding on the shoreline.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/UKSPA/UKSPA-A6-71.pdf
Become familiar with the status of the bar-tailed godwit in the UK with this government agency sponsored report. Read biological, legal, and conservation status.
Lincolnshire Bird Club - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/bar_tailed_godwit.htm
Investigate bird that regularly visits UK but rarely breed there. Check out colour image of group of three bar-tailed godwits standing in water.
Mike Lane Wildlife Photography - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://nature-photography.co.uk/Web%20site%20bird%20pics%20bald%20to%20black%20crow/
pages/Bar%20tailed%20godwit.htm
Study the particularly long beak, dappled coloured wings, and long-legs with this colour photograph of single bar-tailed godwit on water’s edge.
Peterborough Bird Club: Annual Report - Bar-tailed Godwit http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/godwit_bartailed.html
Peruse annual report from UK bird club that concludes that few bar-tailed godwits have been sighted there during six year period. Logs actual numbers, location, and dates.
Royal Society for Protection of Birds - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/b/bartailedgodwit/
Find out about long-legged visitor to the shores of Britain during the winter. Find out about breeding, wintering, passage, diet, and sounds.
Tiscali Reference - Bar-tailed Godwit
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_bar-tailed_godwit.html
Gain an insight into this wader with very long beak. Covers description of plumage, breeding grounds, and when to see them in UK.
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, The - Slimbridge: Sightings Database
http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/Sighting.asp?SightingID=3123/
Publishes the number of bar-tailed godwits sighted on important wetlands reservation in southwest England. Read exact number, date seen, and location.

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