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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

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Greenshank

Greenshank

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Ruff

Ruff

Water Rail

Water rail

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Dunlin

Dunlin

Sanderling

Sanderling

Common Snipe

Snipe

Knot

Knot

Woodcock

Woodcock

Turnstone

Turnstone

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Avocet

Avocet

Curlew

Curlew

Coot

Coot

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Moorhen

Moorhen

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

Lapwing

Lapwing

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Grey Plover

Grey plover

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