curlews in English

noun
1
a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
In the mud flats of the Bay of Fundy, you'll see large roosts of shorebirds - plovers, yellowlegs, godwits, curlews , and phalaropes - at high tide.

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1. Curlews synonyms, Curlews pronunciation, Curlews translation, English dictionary definition of Curlews

2. A group of Curlews is called a curfew, a salon, or skein of Curlews

3. Curlews live near Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

4. Curlews will also eat small seeds and fruits.

5. The wonderful sound of Curlews circling overhead.

6. Learn more about Curlews, including the eight different species.

7. In flight Curlews have a white wedge on the rump.

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9. Apr 18, 2014 - Curlews, Godwits, and Wimbrel shore birds

10. In northeastern California, Curlews breed in wet meadows

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12. Bush Stone-Curlews inhabit open country and avoid dense vegetation.

13. Downy young Curlews leave the nest soon after hatching

14. There are around 68,000 pairs of breeding Curlews in …

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17. To the layman, the Curlews are a shy, unassuming family of birds

18. Curlews are streaked, gray or brown birds with long necks and fairly long legs

19. Curlews are a small group of sandpipers, all of which are in the Numenius genus

20. Eurasian Curlews used to be eaten, and appeared in several recipe books

21. Shorebirds such as phalaropes and curlews can be found in wet areas.

22. Bush Stone-Curlews are mainly nocturnal and specialise in hunting small grassland animals, mainly invertebrates

23. Wildlife groups say Curlews should be considered the UK's most urgent bird conservation priority

24. Curlews occur in Africa only as migrants, the European curlew moving as far south as South Africa

25. Curlews frequently build nests near cow patties or bushes to help hide the nests from predators

26. Use the table below to search for any of our currently or previously tracked Curlews

27. The boys were arranged into four patrols, designated as the Wolves, Ravens, Bulls and Curlews.

28. Here flocks of cranes, geese lapwings, curlews, Cushats and other birds stop here during their transmigration

29. Follow the flock of Long-billed Curlews from the Intermountain Bird Observatory's transmitter study! Learn with us as we explore

30. Baby Curlews are independent from the day they hatch, and once the chicks hatch the adults head south again

31. Yet, in much of California, Long-billed Curlews now rely on working agricultural lands for breeding and foraging habitat

32. Long-billed Curlews breed in eastern Washington in the central Columbia Basin and up through the Okanogan Valley

33. Eurasian Curlews are mottled brown and grey, with long, bluish legs and a long, down curved bill

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35. Wagtails swooped across my path, and from the mouth of the Eske, curlews called shrilly to one another like owls.

36. Long-billed Curlews also used to be common along the Atlantic coast in winter, but now rarely occur there

37. The major continuing threat to Long-billed Curlews is habitat loss owing both to development and projected effects of climate change

38. Curlews can nest successfully in hay meadows which are closed off in April and cut after 15 July

39. Follow the flock of Long-billed Curlews from the Intermountain Bird Observatory's transmitter study! Learn with us as we explore

40. He discerned turtles, mocking-birds, merles, nightingales, Cushats and stone-curlews inside, and marvelled and was moved to much joy and solace

41. Bush Stone-Curlews have a wide-ranging diet, but prefer to feed on insects, molluscs, small lizards, seeds and occasionally small mammals

42. “Curlews are instantly recognisable on winter estuaries or summer moors by their striking long, curved beak, long legs and evocative call,” said RSPB’s Dr Daniel Hayhow.

43. Male Long-billed Curlews fighting on their breeding grounds – Nikon D300, f8, 1/1600, ISO 6400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 321mm, natural light Spring birds I look forward to seeing and hearing include Long-billed Curlews which should be arriving in northern Utah any day now if they haven’t already shown up.

44. Curlews no longer occur in the eastern prairies, where the conversion of native grasslands to row crop agriculture led to huge losses in grassland breeding habitat

45. Stone Curlews are often easier to spot around the drying edges of wetlands such as Porto Lagos in Greece and the Kalloni saltpans on Lesbos where small flocks gather in late summer

46. The Curlews is a light, contemporary, well designed and spacious waterside home set on one acre of landscaped gardens with 4 large viewing / entertaining platforms all experiencing stunning views of the River Teign Estuary

47. Curlews get a head start on the Stiperstones Unfortunately, the programme announced that the once abundant farm bird, the curlew , is yet another of our birds in decline and now tops the list of most endangered species.

48. In 2017 update of the State of the UK’s Birds report, it was revealed that the UK population of Curlews has suffered a decline of 64 per cent in the last 45 years

49. ‘The waders, Curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced.’ ‘The large numbers of birds in the area, including nationally important numbers of golden plover, curlew, dunlin, merlin and twite, make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest.’

50. The Eurasian Curlew or common Curlew (Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.It is one of the most widespread of the Curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia.In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the "Curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots.