curlew

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Birds including the curlew, nightjar, dipper, lesser black-backed gull and red grouse are also named.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The estate is home to rare wildlife, including curlew, mountain bumblebees, lapwings, red squirrels, cuckoo and merlin, as well as Atlantic salmon and critically endangered eels, but the conservationists say nature could be richer still.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Experts believe that thousands of animals and other wildlife were killed in the flames - including curlew, grouse chicks and hares.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

When the Orkney Native Wildlife Project began removing stoats in 2019 it was estimated there were 12 breeding pairs of curlew per square kilometre.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

We sat quietly, the only sounds the occasional cry of the curlew and Lottie’s contented nursing.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson