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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

Curlew

Curlew

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Woodcock

Woodcock

Lapwing

Lapwing

Common Snipe

Snipe

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Turnstone

Turnstone

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Knot

Knot

Sanderling

Sanderling

Dunlin

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Ruff

Ruff

Water Rail

Water rail

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Moorhen

Moorhen

Greenshank

Greenshank

Coot

Coot

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

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