Eurasian Whimbrel

The Eurasian whimbrel is a fairly large wader, though mid-sized for a curlew, 37–47 centimetres long with a wingspan of 75–90 centimetres and a weight of 270–493 grams. It is mainly greyish-brown, with a white back and rump in two of its subspecies, and a long curved bill with a kink rather than a smooth curve. The usual call is a rippling whistle, prolonged into a trill for the song. It was split from the Hudsonian whimbrel in 2019, though some authorities still treat them as one species. (Wikipedia, general species account)

One of the most widespread curlews, it breeds across much of the subarctic Palearctic and Europe as far south as Scotland, and is a migratory bird wintering on coasts in Africa, South Asia and Australasia. It is also a coastal bird during migration and fairly gregarious outside the breeding season. In Iceland it lives in lowland plains, grasslands and wetlands in flat, wet areas with low vegetation. (Wikipedia, general species account)