Eurasian curlew nesting amongst common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). The eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) is the largest and one of the most widespread of the curlews,breeding across temperate Europe and Asia,and wintering in Africa,southern Europe and south Asia. Curlews feed on mud or very soft ground,searching for worms and other invertebrates with their long bills. Photographed in Whixall Moss peat bog,Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve,UK.GRASS,WHITE,BROWN,PROTECTION,CONSERVATION,ISSUE,BEGINNING,EGGS,HIDING,LIFE,ENVIRONMENT |