And in late summer, you may observe another comeback bird, the whimbrel.

Some migratory birds are also found in this area, such as the common sandpiper and whimbrel.

It has a head pattern like a Whimbrel, with crown and superciliary stripes.

The Whimbrel is smaller and has a shorter bill with a kink rather than a smooth curve.

You are unlikely to see or hear a corncrake, but you might get a glimpse of the whimbrel, also endangered.

The Whimbrel also nests on the bogs.

Most Whimbrel are recorded in Sussex in the spring.

A whimbrel sailed over, landed, and showed off its striped crown as it tackled a bivalve.

Waders were still passing through: spotted redshank, whimbrel, bar-tailed godwit.

In winter like a straight-billed Whimbrel, in summer reddish plumage precludes confusion.

The only similar species over most of the Curlew's range is the Whimbrel (N. phaeopus).

Ringed plovers pattered at the water's edge of a muddy creek and a whimbrel whistled as it flew overhead.

The bird in question was found by an unknown birdwatcher on Monday 4 May 1998 and was first identified as a Whimbrel.

The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

The highest numbers usually occur in August, particularly in the first half, and comparatively few Whimbrel are seen in September.

Other notable visitors include Spoonbill, Sandwich Tern and Whimbrel.

The Whimbrel is smaller, has a shorter, decurved bill and has a central crown stripe and strong supercilia.

The bubbling song of whimbrel mingled with the excited yelping of breeding redshank could be heard whenever we stopped for a break.

The whimbrel is the Arctic version of the curlew and is distributed circumpolarly round the 'tundra belt' or uplands.

Numenius phaeopus (Common Whimbrel)

Snipe are the most common, but Whimbrel, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank and Ruff may be seen.

This island is a natural habitat for many birds, like the great knot, red-necked stint, dunlin, whimbrel, bar-tailed godwit and the common sandpiper.

They are similar in appearance to the Hudsonian Curlew, the American subspecies of the Whimbrel, but smaller in size.

It is therefore about the same size as a Whimbrel, but it is more like the Eurasian Curlew in plumage.

The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)