curlew's

There are just three of the noticeably pear-shaped eggs rather than the curlew's more usual four.

Country diary: Shetland Christine Smith 2010

"The silver chain of sound" was how George Meredith described the lark's singing, and poet after poet has added praise to the nightingale; but it would take all the poets, from Wordsworth down, to do justice to the curlew's call.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

She sat at ease on the heather, apparently with no other thought than to listen to the curlew's song.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

"The silver chain of sound" was how George Meredith described the lark's singing, and poet after poet has added praise to the nightingale; but it would take all the poets, from Wordsworth down, to do justice to the curlew's call.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

Then walked up the hill to sit in the sun and listen to the curlew's song.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

Then walked up the hill to sit in the sun and listen to the curlew's song.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

She sat at ease on the heather, apparently with no other thought than to listen to the curlew's song.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

I'll be part of the curlew's cry and the soaring hawk

Joy of Living 1986

Nesting birds called over the lochs, and the moors echoed to the curlew's bubbling note.

The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

But however well you may know it, you have to own that it is an eerie thing to listen to when the fire is dying down, and there are queer-shaped shadows playing on the walls, and outside in the wood the owls are beginning to hoot, or, from the far moor, there comes a curlew's cry.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang