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Mike Dilger on the Whimbrel

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May 31, 20261:37Science & Medicine

For Naturalist Mike Dilger the whimbrel has just as much star power as the curlew. He likes to spot whimbrel on the Severn estuary as they migrate north on route to their breeding grounds in Scandinavia, Iceland and Russ...

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