The red-necked avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) also known as the Australian avocet, cobbler, cobbler's awl, and painted lady, is a wader of the family Recurvirostridae that is endemic to Australia.
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Redshank
The Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is nesting in large parts of Europe and Asia, north of the Himalayas and as far east as to China. Most of the world population are migratory birds and are wintering in the Middle East, India andSoutheast Asia. The species overwinters also locally along most of the African coasts. The majority of the population in the UK and Western Europe are sedentary or move short distances out to sea.
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Piping Plover
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Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) breed in northern Eurasia and northeastern Canada. Most are migratory birds and winters in southern Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, in southwest Asia and Japan.
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Whimbrel
Common breeding sites are heaths, swamps, clear cuts and steppe lands.
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Terek sandpiper
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Terek sandpiper |
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Wood Sandpiper
The Wood Sandpiper's natural habitat during the breeding season is raised bogs and montane forests.
The Wood Sandpiper feeds mostly on insects, which it catches by pecking with their beaks into shallow water or muddy soil.
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Sanderling
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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Cattle Egret
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Grey Plover
The Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) nest mainly on arctic tundra, from northern Russia to Alaska and Canada. It is a migratory bird. It is estimated that the number kustpipare moving through western Europe in the spring amounts to 247,000 individuals. The population that breeds east of the Taimyr in Siberia, winters from southern and eastern Africa, through Arabia, India, Southeast Asia to Australia. The North American population winters from the U.S. east and west coasts south to Argentina and Chile.
Plovers feeds on worms, crustaceans, snails, insects and their larvae.
Plovers feeds on worms, crustaceans, snails, insects and their larvae.
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Long-billed Curlew
The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America. In the winter, the species migrates southwards, as well as towards the coastline.
Curlew
The Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) breeds accross temperate Europe and Asia. The Curlew is migratory bird, wintering i Africa and south Europe and south Asia.
The bird's nest is a bare scrape on meadow.
The Curlew eats small invertebrates probed from soft mud.
The bird's nest is a bare scrape on meadow.
The Curlew eats small invertebrates probed from soft mud.
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Curlew |
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Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron |
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American Oystercatcher
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Collared pratincole
Collared pratincole |
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Temminck's Stint
Temminck's stint |
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