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Most of the small #plovers around right now are Common Ringed Plovers. Little Ringed Plovers (Charadrius dubius) - like this one - are getting scarce. This is the only one I've seen in weeks. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #BirdsSeenIn2026

Short vid of last weekend's mystery Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa). Bigger and taller than the Bar-tailed Godwit but not the biggest of the 4 godwit species. That distinction belongs to the Marbled Godwit. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #godwits

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Two waders that had caught their worms 🪱 this evening - Eurasian #curlew & #oystercatcher at Belhaven Bay. They’ll forage on shellfish, insects and worms; although worms tend to be more typical prey of oystercatchers when inland.

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Phonescope image of the Polish ringed Black-tailed Godwit from the weekend. The nerve of this bird... running around with no ID. 👮 🚔 😂 Check out that crazy beak. Impossible to preen its neck unless it gets another godwit to do it. 😀 #BirdingHungary #godwits #WaderWednesday #shorebirds #waders

A whole bunch of Spotted Redshanks (Tringa erythropus) went thru in July but since then they have been a bit scarce. This is the first one I've seen in many weeks. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday #sandpipers

Polish color-ringed Black-tailed Godwit. Couldn't get details because there was no designation. Odd. Usually you can tell if the flag has been soiled, but this black flag was a consistent uniform black on both sides with no numbers, not even partial. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #godwits #waders

Interesting scientific study about waders breeding in the High Arctic.
A recent study found that waders breeding in the Arctic tundra are much less likely to return to the same breeding sites than birds living in other habitats

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🎨 Small, Cute & Round
🐦 Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea)
📏 16.5–18.5 cm
📍 Tal Chhapar, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb 2026

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Stunning wee 1w Grey Phalarope at Holborough Marshes @kentwildlife.bsky.social at luchtime today. Certainly an unexpected, but very welcome, bird just 1.6 miles (as the phalarope flies) from home. @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @leeevansbirding.bsky.social #kentbirding #waders

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Elegant; any elegant looking bird
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This red- necked phalarope I think looks elegant.
Another migrant bird , making it thru Texas .
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Good morning folks. Have a great weekend everyone. A Heron #BirdOfTheDay #Elegant #Birds #Wildlife #Waders #BirdPhotography #ECK

I tried to get a Dunlin in flight, but they were just too fast for me. And my auto-focus always seems to have a problem with birds in flight. It's just too slow. 😛 Anyway, this is the only flight shot I could manage. A headless Dunlin. 😄 #BirdsingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

Dunlin checking out a plane in overflight. To them it's probably just a big, noisy raptor. The Dunlin were probing the mud for food, ignoring the thousands of midges on the surface of the water. They left the midges to the Wood Sandpipers. 😀 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers

And here's a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) searching for those little froggies and fishies. #BirdingHungary #waders #egrets #herons

Short video of Common Snipe. It's interesting to see how much flexibility they have in the upper beak. I've seen godwits do this too. #BirdingHungary #snipe #shorebird #waders

A Common Snipey-snipe 😄 (Gallinago gallinago). This was with my phone thru my telescope so I was bit surprised. Phonescope photos are almost always crap. This one turned out okay. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #snipe #BirdsSeenIn2026