A number of these will be well known to golfers such as, the red-necked phalarope, the blacktailed godwit and the skylark to name but a few. |
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The RSPB was particularly keen to provide a replacement habitat for the black-tail godwit, which overwinters on the Humber, before returning to Iceland in early spring. |
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Birds such as the turtle dove, cirl bunting, stone-curlew, black grouse, black-tailed godwit, twite and corncrake could be at risk. |
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In the godwit droppings, the researchers were amazed to find bright red larvae called bloodworms. |
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These included osprey, little tern, avocet, black-tailed godwit, stone curlew, corncrake, chough and peregrine falcon. |
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The black-tailed godwit has just 50 breeding pairs and has seen numbers decline by a third in the past 15 years. |
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The more common-type waders are black-tailed godwit and four or five different types of sandpipers, redshanks and greenshanks. |
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A young girl learns from her grandmother about the tenacious and resilient godwit birds, whose regular migration flights take them to many different nations in search of food. |
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Some declining species, such as the ringed plover and bar-tailed godwit seem to be shifting away from wintering in Wales, preferring to spend the winter in continental Europe. |
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The portrait of a black-tailed godwit standing one-legged on a post won 10-year-old Sophie Bramall from Stafford the under-12s category of the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards. |
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The breeding range of the Hudsonian Godwit is perhaps best described as enigmatic. |
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It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit. |
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Bill's joy was sailing his 40' boat, The Godwit, from Boston to Cape Cod. |
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