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Showing posts with label waders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waders. Show all posts

Sunday 29 September 2013

RUFF (Calidris pugnax) adult male in winter plumage, Big Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the sandpiper family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Calidris.

Friday 20 September 2013

COMMON REDSHANK (Tringa totanus) Rogerstown Estuary, Rush, Co.Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa.

Thursday 12 September 2013

RUDDY TURNSTONE (Arenaria interpres) x 2 and COMMON REDSHANK (Tringa totanus) scavenging on a fish carcass, Loughshinny Harbour, Loughshinny, Fingal, Co.Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is of the family Scolopacidae  which is in the genus Arenaria.
The Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is of the family Scolopacidae  which is in the genus Tringa.

Saturday 7 September 2013

COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) Broadmeadow Estuary, Corballis, Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland.
 
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 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/TringaNebulariaIUCNver2018_2.png 
 
 Breeding           Passage           Non-breeding-winter           Vagrant  
 
SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 

COMMON REDSHANK (Tringa totanus) Rogerstown Estuary, Rush, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa.

Friday 19 July 2013

RUFF (Calidris pugnax) male in transition to summer plumage, Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos Island, Greece

 
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The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the sandpiper family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Calidris.

Thursday 18 April 2013

COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

 
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The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland.
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
 
 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/TringaNebulariaIUCNver2018_2.png 
 
 Breeding           Passage           Non-breeding-winter           Vagrant  
 
SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 

Wednesday 17 April 2013

COMMON REDSHANK (Tringa totanus) Broadmeadow Estuary, Malahide, Co Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa.

Saturday 13 April 2013

BLACK TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa) at the Horse Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland


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The Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Limosa. This large, long-legged and long-billed shorebird's breeding range extends from Iceland through central Europe as well as central and northeastern Asia. In the autumn, it migrates south to spend the winter in southern and western Europe, sub Saharan Africa, southern Asia and parts of coastal Australia. The species breeds in fens, damp meadows, moorlands and bogs. In the winter, it occurs on estuaries, lake shores, and in damp coastal fields.
 
There are three subspecies recognised; 
  •  Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit - (Limosa limosa islandica) 
  • European Black-tailed Godwit - (Limosa limosa limosa) 
  • Asian Black-tailed Godwit - (Limosa limosa melanuroides)

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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) distribution map
 
LimosalimosaWorldDistribution.jpg
Yellow breeding     Blue wintering     Green breeding resident
 
J. Schroeder, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons

SHOREBIRDS or WADERS (Charadriiformes) at Prospect Point, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland

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Shorebirds or waders from left to right, Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Redshank (Tringa tetanus), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) and Greenshank (Tringa nebularia).

Wednesday 10 April 2013

EURASIAN WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus Cross Lough, Mullet Peninsula; Co.Mayo, Ireland

 
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The Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is of the curlew family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Numenius.

Sunday 31 March 2013

LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa flavipes) juvenile, Big Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland


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The Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the family Scolopacidae which is the genus Tringa. It is a common long distant migrant which breeds in wetland areas in the boreal forests of Central and North West Canada as well as Alaska. In early autumn it migrates south to its wintering areas in the Gulf of Mexico and South America. It is also a very rare but annual autumn vagrant to North West Europe, including Ireland. 

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Saturday 23 February 2013

RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 
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The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Arenaria.

Thursday 14 February 2013

RUDDY TURNSTONE (Arenaria interpres) Faulmore Beach, Faulmore, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo, Ireland

 
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The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Arenaria.

Friday 4 January 2013

RUFF (Calidris pugnax) male in breeding plumage with two females, Belarus

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The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the sandpiper family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Calidris.