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Related to whimbrel: Eurasian Curlew


 (wĭm′brəl, hwĭm′-)
A grayish-brown migratory shorebird (Numenius phaeopus) that breeds primarily in subarctic regions and has a long, downward-curving bill.

[Perhaps alteration of whimper (from its cry).]


(Animals) a small European curlew, Numenius phaeopus, with a striped head
[C16: from dialect whimp or from whimper, alluding to its cry]


(ˈʰwɪm brəl, ˈwɪm-)

[1520–30; orig. uncertain]
kis póling


[ˈwɪmbrəl] Nzarapito m
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Species such as dotterel, whimbrel, common scoter and Slavonian grebe are all said to be in danger, based on projections of the impact of global warming.
Whimbrel counts are up this year PICTURE: BEN PORTER FOR me, the sound of winter on a North Wales estuary is the bubbling call of a Curlew.
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He also found a Whimbrel wandering around on the beach entangled in a fishing line and two dead birds caught in the discarded lines.
The most notable shorebirds found in the OIWS are the Asian Dowitcher, Chinese Egret, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit and Red Knot.
Some waders are still on their way north and last week saw the highest counts for some areas for species such as Whimbrel and Oystercatcher.
Their logo is the little whimbrel, which marks the discovery of that species at Sker Point, near Porthcawl, in 1982 - the first record ever for this species in the United Kingdom.
London, Sept 30 (ANI): A whimbrel, ringed on a Shetland island almost a quarter of a century ago, is now believed to be oldest in world.
You never know when a Whimbrel, a Red-throated Diver, Golden Plover, Common Seal or Otter may put in an unscheduled appearance.
They were escorted by warships - one was HMS Whimbrel which has survived.
Now, more than 60 years after the end of bloody Battle of the Atlantic, the Royal Navy sailors who took part will finally get a lasting memorial in the shape of a restored convoy escort, HMS Whimbrel.