(n.) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup.
(n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup.
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Whimbrel
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(n.) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius phaeopus), called also Jack curlew, half curlew, stone curlew, and tang whaup. See Illustration in Appendix.
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(1) Clark also said ministers had breached the EU birds directive, by failing to properly protect the whimbrel, a rare and vulnerable wading bird native to Shetland.
(2) Sustainable Shetland went to the supreme court after appeal judges in Edinburgh overruled a judicial decision in October 2013 that the scheme breached the EU birds directive, by threatening nesting populations of the endangered whimbrel.