Species

A pectoral sandpiper walking across wet mud. It's a small, brown wading bird with a sharp demarcation between the buffish-brown breast and white belly

Pectoral sandpiper

A spotted redshank wading through shallow water, with a perfect reflection. It's an elegant wader with a grey back, white belly and long reddish-orange legs. It has a bold white line above the eye and a long, fine bill with a red base to the lower mandible and a slightly drooping tip

Spotted redshank

A curlew sandpiper wading through a shallow, muddy pool. It's a small wading bird with a fairly long, downcurved beak, rusty red underparts and spangled black and red upparparts

Curlew sandpiper

A wood sanspiper trekking along the water's edge. It's a medium-sized wading bird with pale spangling on its dark back, a pale belly and a strong, pale line above the eye

Wood sandpiper

A little sting wading along the edge of a muddy shore

Little stint

A stone curlew standing in a meadow. It's a brown wading bird with a large yellow eye, long yellow legs and a slender yellow beak

Stone curlew

A black-winged stilt wading through a mud-fringed pool, its extremely long pink legs keeping the black and white body well above the water

Black-winged stilt

Jack snipe

Jack snipe

Purple sandpiper

Purple sandpiper

Corncrake

Corncrake

Avocet

Avocet

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Coot

Coot

Curlew

Curlew

Dunlin

Dunlin

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Greenshank

Greenshank

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Knot

Knot

Lapwing

Lapwing

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Moorhen

Moorhen

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Ruff

Ruff

Sanderling

Sanderling

Common Snipe

Snipe

Turnstone

Turnstone

Water Rail

Water rail

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Woodcock

Woodcock