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https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2030_1.jpg16001200The Black-tailed Godwit inhabits fens and unimproved wet meadows, often together with Northern Lapwing. It uses its long and almost straight bill to poke around in wet ground and shallow water looking for worms, snails and other invertebrates. It is becoming endangered due to increasing intensification of grassland management and lowering of groundwater level.