The Whimbrel is smaller than a (Eurasian) Curlew and has a centre parting on its head

It is a coastal bird eating mainly crustaceans, small invertebrates and small fish

This unluckly whimbrel has become tangled in a fishing line discarded by a selfish angler

(A turnstone was caught up in a discarded bait hook and line on the same coast -- see Turnstone page)