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@mahoganymaharaja.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:39 PM

A long-billed dowitcher for your viewing pleasure, scratching behind its head looking at the camera with a side eye. Happy Friday all #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #photography #shorebirds

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:52 PM

One more from the archives for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #waders Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). An uncommon passage bird in Hungary but this year there have been many more than usual. Likely due to the summer drought and the consequent low water levels. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #godwits

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:48 PM

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #waders and I got a lot of them! Here's a Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) from Uruguay. #BirdingUruguay #sandpipers #shorebirds

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:12 PM

Little Stint (Calidris minuta) taking a break from frantic feeding. Gotta tank up for the long journey to Africa. ⛽ #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #stints #peeps #shorebirds #waders

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:09 PM

Ruff (Calidris pugnax). ♂️ Ruffs are one of the largest Calidrids, but the sexual dimorphism of the species is shocking. A big male can easily be double the size of a female. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:06 PM

Buff-breasted Sandpiper & small juvenile ♀️ Ruff can look very similar in the field. Same colouration, same yellow legs, same scaly back, same short bill. Ruff always has a bold white "V" or "U" on the rump, while Buff-breasted (right) has an all-dark rump. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders

@richspics.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:29 AM

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#turnstone #birds #shorebirds #nature #wildlife #EastCoast #Yorkshire #UK #OutdoorPhotography #photographyismytherapy

@leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:38 AM

Bar-tailed Godwit. #BirdOfTheDay #shorebirds #birds #WildOz

@jgryboski.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:48 PM

Black-bellied plover, another lifer!

Samuel Myers Park, Racine, WI

#birds #shorebirds #wisconsin

@steddybirds.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:40 PM

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea … 🎶 #crooners #BirdOfTheDay #birds #gulls #shorebirds #beach #ECK 🪶

A herring gull, standing on the beach and facing the camera, opens its beak to squawk! (Not really crooning)

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 5:29 PM

One more for #WaderWednesday A cute little Dunlin (Calidris alpina). Strictly a passage bird in Hungary, heading to the Mediterranean Basin and North Africa for the winter. #BirdingHungary #FallMigration2026 #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 5:11 PM

Short video of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. #WaderWednesday #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #BirdingHungary #FallMigration2026

@kupac1.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 5:09 PM

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) continues for the fourth straight day at Lake Balaton, much to the delight of local birders. Not often one of these is so twitchable. 😀👍 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers #WaderWednesday

@birdman-2.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:41 PM

For today's #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme of #Perched a #Killdeer stands on the #shore of #EckmanLake #Oregon #birds #PNW #shorebirds #water

@birdman-2.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:37 PM

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueWater a #GreaterYallowlegs hunts in the #AlseaRiver #Oregon #birds #PNW #shorebirds

@steddybirds.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:48 PM

A common tern patrols the #BlueWater for a fish or two. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #terns #shorebirds #birdphotography #ECK 🪶

A common tern flies right to left over some choppy waters with wings in a downward flap and its black-capped head and red beak held high.

@swede1952.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:58 PM

Beach Combers

This scene is from a morning in Gulfport, Mississippi. ...

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#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #shorebirds #heron #greatblueheron #gulls

"A tall heron stands poised in the shallow water, its long neck lifted like a question mark against the pale sky. The bird’s slender legs disappear into the rippled surface of a tidal pool, where the water is so thin it looks brushed across the sand like a sheet of glass. Around the heron, several smaller shorebirds scatter across the scene—gulls with rounded bodies and bright, alert postures. They stand on patches of wet sand and wade through the reflective water, their shapes forming a loose ring around the larger bird.

The background rises gently into a strip of dry beach, then into a fringe of tall grasses that sway at the edge of the frame. The monochrome tones give the entire scene a quiet, timeless feeling—soft grays in the water, darker shadows beneath the birds, and pale highlights where the light catches their feathers. The heron, still and statuesque, anchors the image, while the smaller birds add motion and life, as if the whole shoreline is breathing in slow rhythm with the tide.

In the lower right corner, the photographer’s signature, “© Swede’s Photographs,” rests unobtrusively like a small mark on a charcoal sketch." - Microsoft Copilot

@adventuresswfl.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:18 PM

Black-bellied Plovers often wade along the tideline at Bowman's Beach, searching for invertebrates exposed by wave action. They forage using a distinct run-stop-peck method on the substrate. #SWFLWildlife #Shorebirds

@thordale.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:02 PM

myshetland.co.uk/my-last-oyst...

Today I saw my last oystercatcher of the year.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandislands #oystercatcher #Birdwatching #endofsummer #wadingbirds #shorebirds

@waderquest.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 3:25 PM

The latest 2026 UK waterbird statistics provide a fascinating mixed picture.
Some waders are doing well.
But there are serious concerns too.

Be #inspired by #waders or #shorebirds
#wildlife #conservation #charity