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Wading birds

A little sting wading along the edge of a muddy shore

Little stint

A stone curlew stands in a dry grassland

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

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Curlew

Curlew

Avocet

Avocet

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Coot

Coot

Greenshank

Greenshank

Water Rail

Water rail

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Ruff

Ruff

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Moorhen

Moorhen

Sanderling

Sanderling

Dunlin

Dunlin

Knot

Knot

Turnstone

Turnstone

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Common Snipe

Snipe

Lapwing

Lapwing

Woodcock

Woodcock

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

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