Sanderling

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) nest circumpolar in the Arctic and is a long migrants that winter in South America, Africa and Australia. More than 25% of the population that moves along the eastern Atlantic, winters in the islands Bijagós in Guinea-Bissau, Africa.
In the spring the sanderlings return to the arctic tundra and lays 3-4 eggs in a pit on the ground, which is sparingly lined with grass and lichens.
On the breeding grounds the birds eat mostly insects and some plant material. In winter, the diet consists of small crabs and other small invertebrates which it picks in the water at the beach.

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Temminck's Stint

Temminck's stint

Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) breed in northern Europe and Asia, in Russia and in the mountain areas of Scandinavia, and sometimes in Scotland.

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Purple Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper

The Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) breeds on the tundra in northwestern Europe, northern Siberia and its islands, including the Arctic islands in Canada and the coastal areas of Greenland and also in the Faroe Islands, Scotland and Svalbard.

Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

The Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a long migratory bird that breeds in northern Siberia, the Yamal Peninsula and east to Tjaunskajabukten, and the New Siberian Islands and the Wrangel island.

Little Stint

Little Stint

The Little Stint(Calidris minuta) is a long-migrant that breeds in the arctic regions of Europe and Asia. The bird winters in Africa and South Asia.

Red Knot

Red Knot

The Red Knot  (Calidris canutus) is a migratory bird that is wintering on the muddy banks of the Atlantic and Pacific, as far south as Argentina and South Africa.

Dunlin

Dunlin

The Dunlins (Calidris alpina) nest in the circumpolar arctic and subarctic regions. h.

Dunlin