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Monday, November 21, 2016

WHIMBREL

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016
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Common migrant to coastal mudflats, sandy beaches, reefs and tidal pools; large numbers over-winter annually. 44 cm. Distribution: breeds in Arctic tundra across N Eurasia and N America; winters on the coast of SW Europe, Africa, Middle East and Indian sub-continent, eat to Australia and the Pacific.