“A bird known as the whaup is, in fact, the curlew, a long-beaked bird which you can find online in pictures.”

“It is known for unique bio-diversity and a breeding ground for special species such as white-bellied sea eagle and stone curlew.”

“There were, however, large flocks of golden and green plover and curlew covering the fields.”

“So why cannot hen harriers, sparrowhawks and goshawks be controlled to protect lapwings, curlews, golden plovers and, yes, pheasants and grouse?”

“The moorland blaze has come at a bad time for ground-nesting birds such as golden plovers, curlews, lapwings and merlins, a rare bird of prey.”

“When I came in April, the whimbrel, a summer migrant, had arrived to join the resident curlews, redshanks and oystercatchers.”