Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Kemaramaya, Srilanka

The wood sandpiper likes freshwater marshes, wet meadows and flooded fields for feeding -- here seen in a rice paddy.

Feeds by probing soft mud for insects, small crustaceans and aquatic invertebrates.

Breeds in Northern boreal zones (Scandinavia, Russia) and winters in Africa and southern Asia.

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450mm / 800th / f11 / iso400

 

Bruchwasserläufer

 

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