(Common) Greenshank; Tringa nebularia
Two Greenshanks are captured in a moment of perfect synchrony through the Dollard’s shallow waters in the Dutch Wadden Sea.
This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape..
(Common) Greenshank; Tringa nebularia
Two Greenshanks are captured in a moment of perfect synchrony through the Dollard’s shallow waters in the Dutch Wadden Sea.
This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape..