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English: Curlews are the largest European wading bird and are found on estuaries during winter months and moors in the summer. They have a long down-curved bill and long legs They have an evocative, bubbling, call. During winter, you will see Curlews feeding in groups on the tidal mudflats, saltmarshes as well as farmland that is close by. Many of our birds spend the winter in Ireland and France however we do get an influx of Scandinavian-breeding Curlews here, who make tend to like our mild winters. In spring and summer, Curlews migrate to their breeding grounds in upland areas of rough pasture, heather moorland and wetland. Curlews do breed on a range of habitats, but prefer rough grasslands, moorlands and bogs.