Curlew

It’s a warm evening, bathed in orange light. I hear the call first. Then it’s the flypast. It’s a Curlew.

Curlew - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

There’s been just the one Curlew here, in the final field before the cliffs for the past week It’s been showing protective behaviours, as if it’s been breeding there.

Then I see another bird fly past. I think it’s another Curlew, maybe a juvenile, as it passes me. I look at the back of my camera. Just look how short that beak is:

Curlew - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

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