Common Name: Whimbrel
Scientific Name: Numenius phaeopus
Description: 15-19
inches; large bird; down curved bill; dark brown striped crown; whitish eyebrow
strip; dark brown eye line; long neck; breast speckled; belly whitish;
Upperparts mottled brown and white to buff and white; long legs.
Habitat: Ponds,
swamps and the sea shore.
Statue: Vagrant
Photographs
taken at Chancery Lane Swamp on May 29 and June 3
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