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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

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Common Snipe

Snipe

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Turnstone

Turnstone

Knot

Knot

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

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

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