DUNLIN - CALIDRIS ALPINA

This week Garrett is imagining to look at a bird called a DUNLIN. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Breacóg’ which means young speckled one.  The Latin name is ‘CALIDRIS ALPINA’. This little bird is also a RED listed bird in Ireland. The collective noun for Dunlin is a flock, team, or a plump of Dunlin. They breed in tough places like Greenland, Alaska, Iceland and Siberia. It is a tough, hardy little Sandpiper type wader.

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