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Waders

Greenshanks in flight
Common Redshank
Common Redshank
Black-tailed godwit
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Black-tailed Godwit
Shelduck
Shelduck
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt...... reaching for an insect or something...
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Common Sandpiper wading through end-of-season feathers at the water's edge.
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Sandpiper - a bit of a bruiser this one...
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocet - I know it's from the back, but I liked the feather details....
Avocet
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwits - "...this water is getting deep here..."
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Dunlin
Dunlin
Little Stint  "... you calling me little?..."
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Little Stint
Dunlin
Ruff
Little Stint
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Curlew Sandpiper record shot
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Dunlin
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Avocet
Avocet
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet
Sanderling
Sanderling
Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Common Snipe
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Black-tailed godwits
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Ruff
Ruff
Eurasian Spoonbill and Black-tailed Godwits
Little Egret
Little Egret
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Green Sandpiper [record shot]
Green Sandpiper [record shot]
Little Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Ruff
Ruff
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Eurasian Spoonbill
Little Egret
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Ringed Plover
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Bar-tailed Godwits
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Snipe on Ice
Snipe on Ice
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone Olympics
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Temminck's Stint juvenile
Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone
Turnstone and the Giant Crab
Turnstone
Turnstone
Dunlin
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Juvenile Greenshank
Juvenile Greenshank
Juvenile Greenshank
Juvenile Greenshank
Common Tern and tiny Wood Sandpiper record shot
Lapwing
Lapwing
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit juvenile
Black-tailed Godwit
Dunlin
Dunlin
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocet
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwits
Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Knot
Group of waders
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Common snipe
Common snipe
Common snipe
Common snipe
Common snipe
Common snipe
Green Sandpiper
It was a hot day - snoozy....
Green Sandpiper
Green Sandpipers
Green Sandpipers - a record shot of the six together
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Golden Plover
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Temminck's Stint
Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Long-tailed Skua with Ringed Plover defending territory
Long-tailed Skua with Ringed Plover defending territory - the focus stayed locked on anyway....
Long-tailed Skua with Ringed Plover defending territory
Long-tailed Skua with Ringed Plover defending territory
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Ringed Plover attacks Temminck's Stint
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Golden Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Golden Plover
Ruff
Wood Sandpiper
Teminck's Stint
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Golden Plover
Broad-billed Sandpiper  [record shot]
Broad-billed Sandpiper  [record shot]
Lesser Yellowlegs
CiZ Record shots - Common Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
CiZ Record shots - Lesser Yellowlegs
CiZ Record shots - Lesser Yellowlegs
CiZ Record shots - Lesser Yellowlegs
CiZ Record shots - Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Redshank
Lapwing
Ruff
Avocet
Avocet
Lapwing
Lapwing
Lapwing - iridescence
Lapwing
Lapwing
Lapwing
more ......
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