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Numenius phaeopus
Curved long black beak and long legs. Mottled brown and white body. Brown cap and line across the eye.
Coastal beaches.
That long, downwardly-curving bill is the starting point for working up your identification. If you look at a bird field guide you will see that most sandpipers have straight or nearly straight bills. Only a few have such long, curved bills. These are the curlews.
The two most common curlews are the Long-billed Curlew and the Whimbrel. Distinguishing between these two is easy because the Long-billed Curlew lives up to its name, with a bill almost as long as its body.