They have a long, conical, slightly downcurved beak and black legs ... time and as a result are flightless for 4-6 weeks. Birds of Ireland: A field guide By Jim Wilson, with photographs by ...

Ornithologists tend to say bills; the general public tends to say beaks, they say. One distinction thats sometimes made is that a beak is more like the hooked beak of a hawk or an owl, while bill ...

Picture: David Cole/Rex Features Adult oystercatchers are black and white with a long, straight orange-red beak ... birds, waders are the largest and one of the most important groups of birds in ...

Once they've found their food, they've got a big hooked beak, which helps them kill ... Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland and Early level and first level in Scotland.