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Species

Wading birds

A little sting wading along the edge of a muddy shore

Little stint

A stone curlew stands in a dry grassland

Stone curlew

A black-winged stilt wading through a mud-fringed pool, its extremely long pink legs keeping the black and white body well above the water

Black-winged stilt

Jack snipe

Jack snipe

Purple sandpiper

Purple sandpiper

Corncrake

Corncrake

Avocet

Avocet

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Coot

Coot

Curlew

Curlew

Dunlin

Dunlin

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Greenshank

Greenshank

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Knot

Knot

Lapwing

Lapwing

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Moorhen

Moorhen

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Ruff

Ruff

Sanderling

Sanderling

Common Snipe

Snipe

Turnstone

Turnstone

Water Rail

Water rail

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Woodcock

Woodcock

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