Species

Black brittlestars on kelp frond © Paul Naylor

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

Knot

Knot

Sanderling

Sanderling

Dunlin

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Ruff

Ruff

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Greenshank

Greenshank

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Avocet

Avocet

Curlew

Curlew

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Common Snipe

Snipe

Lapwing

Lapwing

Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked phalarope

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Turnstone

Turnstone