@ewing_birds : Curlew vs sheep. This ewe and her lamb were getting too close to a curlew nest. The male curlew performed a distraction display and successfully led the sheep away from the nest. Sheep can easily trample wader nests and have also been known to predate them. 1/2 • TwiDoom

Harry Ewing

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@_BTO Research Ecologist. Working to conserve breeding waders.

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Harry Ewing

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Curlew vs sheep. This ewe and her lamb were getting too close to a curlew nest. The male curlew performed a distraction display and successfully led the sheep away from the nest. Sheep can easily trample wader nests and have also been known to predate them. 1/2

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