walk aboot wrote: a dunlin has black legs, and greenshanks, bar-tailed godwits, and whimbrels also have darker legs
But that's when they're alive, aint it? This one had exsanguinated all over the deck after smashing its noggin in on the bridge. Perhaps the colour drained out of its legs? Once the Chief Officer went out for a smoko and found a golden eagle perched on the bridge wing rail.
Cuil Lodair wrote:the bill appears shorter than a snipe's.
That may be because he flew into a large heavy ship at high speed.
