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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Whimbrel and chick |
| Image notes: |
A young whimbrel comes out for a look. The distinguishing crown marks are useful for bird-spotters and clearly visible in this photo. |
| Species in Image: |
Whimbrel |
| Date: |
1972,19th.June. |
| Area: |
Fetlar |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00850 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Whimbrel |
| Latin Name |
Numenius phaeopus |
| Shetland Name |
Peerie Whaap |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Fairly common breeding bird and passage migrant. Highest numbers are from May to August. Whimbrels like the short stunted vegetation of the dryer hills for nesting, the four pointed egg laid in a mere scrape. |
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