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)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-16-725x408.jpg)
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)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-17-725x483.jpg)