Bird category

Shorebirds

Sandpipers, plovers and godwits.

66
Species in the app
4
Profiled here
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa
16–18 inWet meadowsMigratory

A ringing wicka-wicka-wicka in display flight.

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Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos
7–8 inRiver edgesMigratory

A thin, rippling three-note whistle as it flushes.

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Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula
7–8 inShingle beachesMigratory

A soft, rising too-lee.

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Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata
19–23 inMoors, estuariesMigratory

The long bubbling call that gives it its name.

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Photo credits (4)
A songbird perched on a stump
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