Long-billed Curlew Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A recent sunny day at Bunny Meadows wasn’t so tranquil for this ill-fated crab 🦀 Ranger Tony spotted the curlew using its sensitive, down-curved bill to probe seaweed, mud and shallow water for invertebrates. Once it's found its prey, it deftly snips off each leg before swallowing the de-legged body in one go. You can then see it begin to pick out all the snipped legs that have dropped into the shallow water – it doesn't want to waste even a tiny morsel. We love the sounds of wigeons and curlew

Curlew | Cumbria Wildlife Trust

🔊 Sound on for the iconic call of the curlew. Ireland's breeding curlews have suffered a staggering 96% decline in recent decades, but the Curlew Conservation Programme aims to protect this iconic bird from extinction. Green Party Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan T.D. and Biodiversity Minister Pippa Hackett have announced a joint effort to increase funding for this important project to €500k for 2021. The Curlew Conservation Programme, which finds and supports curlew to rear their young chicks,

Long-billed Curlew Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology