Pair of Sanderlings (Calidris alba) thru my scope. Best image I could manage with huge wind. You can see where the specific epithet comes from. One of them was so white it looked like a ghost! 👻 😄 Cameo appearance by a Dunlin. #BirdingHungary #WorldShorebirdsDay #shorebirds #sandpipers #waders

The Ruddy Turnstones showing how they got their name. Flipping over stones and shells looking for small invertabrates hiding underneath. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #turnstones #WorldShorebirdsDay #WorldShorebirdsDay2026

Very apropos of #WorldShorebirdsDay today, it was a bonanza at Lake Balaton. 19 species of shorebird including some of these guys... Turnstones (or Ruddy Turnstone if you're in North America 😀) aka Arenaria interpres. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WorldShorebirdsDay2026