Waders (Shorebirds)

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Oystercatcher, Thornham, 12-Jun-07 Black-winged Stilt, Castro Marim, 27-Apr-06 Black-necked Stilt, SE Salton Sea, 23-Apr-05 Avocet, Titchwell, 2-Apr-04

Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets

 
Cream-coloured Courser, St Mary's, 20-Oct-04 Cream-coloured Courser, St Mary's, 20-Oct-04 Collared Pratincole, Ponta da Erva, 19-Apr-06 Stone-Curlew, Suffolk Brecks, 4-May-09

Thick-knees, Coursers and Pratincoles

 
Little Ringed Plover, Elvas, 23-Apr-06 Ringed Plover, Brancaster Staithe, 3-Oct-06 Kentish Plover, Castro Marim, 30-Apr-06 Dotterel, Waxham, 11-May-04

Smaller Plovers (genus Charadrius)

 
Golden Plover, Sheringham, 17-Jul-04 Grey Plover, Thornham, 21-Feb-06 Lapwing, Titchwell, 17-Aug-04 Lapwing, Salthouse, 3-Feb-07

Larger Plovers (genus Pluvialis) and Lapwings

 
Dunlin, Brancaster Staithe, 9-Jan-06 Ruff, Cley, 5-Jul-08 Curlew Sandpiper, Titchwell, 2-Aug-04 Least Sandpiper, Island View Beach, 13-Sep-06

Stints and Sandpipers of the genus Calidris (and related genera, including Ruff)

 
Jack Snipe, Porth Hellick, 4-Oct-07 Snipe, Cley, 18-Sep-03 Short-billed Dowitcher, Bacon Street, 19-Apr-05 Woodcock, Titchwell, 28-Feb-04

Snipes, Dowitchers and Woodcocks

 

 

More families of waders still to come...