Curlew

International name: Eurasian curlew

Scientific name: Numenius arquata

Irish name: Crotach

Size: 51-60cm

Diet: Carnivore

Tips on how to find them: One of Ireland’s most threatened birds, having undergone serious declines in recent years; can be found in most parts of the island in moors, bogs and meadows, though nowhere especially common; most abundant in winter with arrival of migrating birds from Europe; listen for the distinctive, ascending “cur-lee, cur-lee” whistle; can be distinguished from the whimbrel by its larger size, longer bill and lack of dark crown-stripe.