First Curlews back on the moors

For any regular visitors to the moors there is no more welcome sound than the call of the first Curlews arriving back to start their breeding cycle. Whilst it may not yet herald the start of Spring it certainly marks the start of the end of Winter! I saw my first today although birds were back at the start of March having spent the winter, most likely, on one of our coastal estuaries.

Curlew back on the moors