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Stelkur - Common Redshank - Tringa totanus

The Common Redshank is 27–29 cm long, has a wingspan of 48–55 cm and weighs around 120 g. It is a somewhat dumpy wader, with long orange-red legs and a straight, medium-length bill with a reddish base. In flight the feet project beyond the tip of the tail. Redshanks breed in damp places like saltmarshes, flood meadows and around lakes. Redshanks hunt for insects, earthworms, molluscs and crustaceans by probing their bills into soil and mud

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Uploaded on August 22, 2015
Taken on August 1, 2015