Published:
4:42 PM March 3, 2021
A curlew, with its distinctive long, downcurved bill, has been spotted at the Beckton sewage works.
- Credit: Thames Water / David Morrison
One of Britain’s most endangered birds has been pictured at the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works.
The curlew, with its distinctive long, downcurved bill and evocative call, is one of 64 species of bird recorded at the Thames Water site so far this year - among around 150 seen there over the years.
Waders such as dunlins, sandpipers, oystercatchers, redshanks and godwits; birds of prey including sparrowhawks and kestrels; and seabirds like the Caspian gull have all been spotted at the 300-acre site, which treats the waste of more than four million Londoners.