🌍🌏🌎 Sanderling (Calidris alba) The Sanderling is a small, plump member of the Sandpiper family. In winter, it's very pale grey above and white below with a dark shoulder patch; breeding plumage adds brick-red. It breeds in the High Arctic tundra but migrates globally, wintering on sandy beaches of every continent except Antarctica. Its characteristic behaviour is running back and forth with the waves on the shoreline ("wave-chasing") to probe for small invertebrates. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Sanderling is the only sandpiper that lacks a hind toe. This unique anatomical feature is believed to help them run more quickly and efficiently across soft, sandy surfaces. 📷: Photo by JacekBen via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/sanderling-bird-beach-north-sea-4359720/ IXCS

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🌏🌎 Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a small wader with a unique spatulate bill. Breeding adults have a red-brown head and breast, while non-breeding birds are grayish-brown. They breed on the coasts of the Bering Sea and migrate along the Pacific coast to wintering grounds in Southeast Asia. This critically endangered species forages by walking forward with its head down, sweeping its bill from side to side to sift for invertebrates in the mud and shallow water. 2.5 Flash (Edited) No known subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by bitnikgao via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-nature-feathers-ornithology-9545397/ UEKC

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🌍🌏🌎 Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) The ruddy turnstone is a stocky shorebird, about 21-26 cm long, with bright orange legs and a stout, slightly upturned black bill. Its plumage is a distinctive harlequin-like pattern of chestnut, black, and white in breeding season, becoming duller grey-brown and mottled in winter. In flight, it shows striking white wingbars and a white rump. Highly migratory, it breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, then winters on coastlines almost worldwide, favouring rocky shores, sandy beaches, and mudflats. Its name comes from its characteristic feeding behaviour: flipping over stones, shells, and seaweed with its bill to uncover insects, crustaceans, and other small invertebrates. They can be seen individually or in small groups, sometimes with other waders. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Two subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by paulbr75 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/ruddy-turnstone-water-nature-1553360/ IHAT

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🌎 Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) The lesser yellowlegs is a slender, medium-sized shorebird characterised by its striking bright yellow legs and a thin, straight, dark bill. In breeding plumage, it's grayish-brown with fine streaking on the head and neck, and white spots on the back. Non-breeding birds are a more subdued gray-brown. They breed across the boreal forests of Alaska and Canada. During migration, they move south, wintering along the coasts of the southern United States, the Caribbean, and throughout South America. They are also a regular vagrant to Western Europe. Lesser Yellowlegs typically forage in shallow water, picking at items on or just below the surface, sometimes sweeping their bill through the water. They are often found in loose flocks and are known for their distinctive two-note "tu-tu" call. 2.5 Flash (Edited) No subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/plovers-shorebirds-migratory-birds-7780094/ HHIR

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🌎 Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) The Short-billed dowitcher is a stocky, medium-sized shorebird of the Americas, with a long, slightly decurved bill. In breeding plumage, males are beautifully patterned with rich orange, brown, and black, while females are more subdued. They probe mudflats with their bills in a rapid, sewing-machine-like motion to feed on invertebrates. During migration and winter, they form large flocks and can be found on coastal mudflats, marshes, and agricultural fields. GG 2024 (Edited) Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Canadian-Nature-Visions via Pixabay RSIZ

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