Would welcome advice as to whether these birds are curlew? (Sorry for varying quality.) Locals say so, but some of them have such stripey heads (the birds, not the locals) that I wanted to check. Thanks.

In reply to Robbo:

Robbo, thank you very much! That is amazing; I thought whimbrels were rare, but I've seen over forty of these birds at a time. Can you tell me do they ever flock together with curlew? Thanks.