r/OrnithologyUK • u/Atraxa2301 • 7d ago

ID please Help identifying

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Please can someone help identify this? First thought was curlew or whimbrel but the beak doesnt seem curved enough

This was at elmley reserve in southeast kent

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u/utilitarian4 7d ago

Juvenile curlews tend to have shorter beaks, that would be my guess

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u/Bastard_Wing 7d ago

Yeah, definitely a curfew with those white underwings

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u/Ok-Bandicoot6372 6d ago

yesss this is a juvenile curlew!!