{"id":24576,"date":"2012-10-30T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:01","slug":"black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits. Its breeding range stretches from Iceland through Europe and areas of central Asia. Black-tailed Godwits spend winter in areas as diverse as Australia, western Europe and west Africa. The species breeds in fens, lake edges, damp meadows, moorlands and bogs and uses estuaries, swamps and floods in winter.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Black-tailed Godwit\u00a0<i>Limosa\u00a0limosa<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-135-24576\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-856\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-4.jpg\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-855\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-3.jpg\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-854\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-2.jpg\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/thumbs\/thumbs_black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-853\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa\/black-tailed-godwit-limosa-limosa-1.jpg\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) at Lag Bridge, Co. 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