Caption:
Stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus, at autumn roost on a carefully managed (in co-operation with the land owners) "Stone curlew plot". The birds are crepuscular - being more active in the twilight, and generally sleepy in daylight hours. Although they will dash off the plot to feed on adjacent grassland when a rain shower drives worms to the surface. Normanton Down RSPB reserve. Wiltshire, England. September 2008.
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