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Birds seen in salt-marshes & estuaries in the UK: Whimbrel |
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Avibase - Whimbrel, Numenius
phaeopus http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN&id=F7988E4B48D33B2B& ts=1121087873093/ Publishes extensive list of alternative names for the whimbrel including order, family, and protonym. Also find list of translations in twelve languages. |
| Birdcare.com - Whimbrel,
Numenius phaeopus http://www.birdcare.com/bin/showsonb?whimbrel Peruse survey that demonstrates a very healthy and increasing population of passing whimbrels in UK. Offers actual numbers for Britain and Ireland. |
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Greg Prelich’s Lab - Whimbrel http://steelhead.aecom.yu.edu/birdwebphotos/Shorebirds/pages/Whimbrel.html Pore over colour photograph of whimbel and discover the differences in its physical appearance when compared with a curlew. |
| Lincolnshire Bird Club -
Whimbrel http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/album/thumbnails.php?album=search&type= full&search=whimbrel/ Identify the whimbrel in the field with this set of four colour photographs including bird standing in water, flying, and grazing in grass. |
| Nature’s Horizons - Whimbrel http://www.natureshorizons.net/Whimbrel.html See the elegance of bird that now only breeds in island to the north of Scotland. Shows whimbrel wading in water. |
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Peterborough Bird Club: Annual
Report - Whimbrel http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/whimbrel.html Organisation near eastern English coast reveals numbers of whimbrels sighted in their area covering years 1998-2003. Records actual numbers, dates, and location. |
| RSPB - Whimbrel, Numenius
phaeopus http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/w/whimbrel/ Royal Society for Protection of Birds identifies only area of UK where this species breeds. Find colour illustration of adult and “where to see passing migrants” map. |
| Tiscali Reference - Whimbrel
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007410.html Digest this short encyclopaedia entry that covers order, physical description, breeding area, and where it winters. |
| US Geological Survey -
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i2650id.html Offers photographs of the bird with long beak curved at the end, song, tips on identification, distribution maps, and life history. |
| Wildlife Trusts, The -
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus http://www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk/index.php?section= environment:species:bird&id=191/ Browse useful description that explains how not to confuse the whimbrel with a curlew. Also covers habitat, diet, and habits, plus colour illustration. |
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Birds on salt-marshes & estuaries in UK
