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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

Sanderling

Sanderling

Dunlin

Dunlin

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Water Rail

Water rail

Ruff

Ruff

Moorhen

Moorhen

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Coot

Coot

Greenshank

Greenshank

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Avocet

Avocet

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Curlew

Curlew

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Lapwing

Lapwing

Woodcock

Woodcock

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Common Snipe

Snipe

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

Turnstone

Turnstone

Knot

Knot

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