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Numenius phaeopus
The whimbrel is found in northern Scandinavia, northern Finland, northern Russia, the Faroes and Scotland. It is also widespread in Siberia and North America. Favoured habitats are the seashore as well as inland on tundra, moors and wet meadows. It is a migratory bird, which flies rnainly along the coasts of Europe, and sometimes also across central Europe; eastern populations migrate across the Caspian Sea. Winter quarters are northwestern, eastern and southern Africa, southern Asia and occasionally the coast of Spain. The whimbrel leaves its breeding grounds often as early as late July, but more often in August or September, at which time it occurs as a chance visitor in central Europe on , the mud bottoms of drained ponds, on meadows and on fields near water. It returns to its nesting site again after mid-April and in May. The nest is a shallow hollow in the ground, well concealed in a tussock of grass, heather or other vegetation and lined with grass, moss, lichens and the like. The female usually lays four eggs from midMay, in June or sometimes in July. Both partners incubate for 21 to 25 days. The newlyhatched young leave the nest as soon as they are dry, remaining concealed in the surrounding vegetation where they are tended by the adult birds. Whimbrels feed on insects and their larvae, worms, molluscs, spiders and other invertebrates. They also eat vegetable matter such as berries and seeds.
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