Black-tailed Godwit
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Black-Tailed Godwit. A black-tailed godwit in its summer finery is a stunningly attractive bird, russet brown with a long orange and black bill.
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Martin Hughes-Games presents the Black-Tailed Godwit. A black-tailed godwit in its summer finery is a stunningly attractive bird, russet brown with a long orange and black bill. A few pairs of black-tailed godwits breed in the UK, most of them in damp grazing meadows such as the Ouse Washes in East Anglia. When breeding is over the male and female split up and spend the winter months apart, often in widely separated locations.
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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Broadcasts
- Mon 25 Nov 201305:58BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sun 1 Dec 201308:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 29 Jun 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 3 Nov 201605:58BBC Radio 4
- Thu 7 Oct 202105:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 15 Nov 202205:58BBC Radio 4
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