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Wednesday 10 April 2013

EURASIAN CURLEW Numenius arquata North Bull Island, Nature Reserve, Raheny, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 
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In Ireland this species is a common winter visitor from Northern Europe. It is also a very scarce resident in upland areas which has seen a very sharp decline in the Irish breeding population over the last 40 years.