Common Redshank
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.
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The common redshank (Tringa totanus) is a medium-sized, widespread wading bird known for its distinctive, bright orange-red legs and its loud, piping call, which often serves as an alarm call for other marsh birds. It is found across temperate Eurasia and is a migratory species.
Habitat: Redshanks are found in various wetland habitats, including coastal saltmarshes, mudflats, estuaries, and inland wet grasslands, mires, and flood meadows.
Diet: They primarily feed on small invertebrates such as marine worms, earthworms, crane fly larvae, molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish, which they find by pecking or probing the mud in shallow water.
Common Redshank
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.
What3Words
///trailers.ripen.grownup
The common redshank (Tringa totanus) is a medium-sized, widespread wading bird known for its distinctive, bright orange-red legs and its loud, piping call, which often serves as an alarm call for other marsh birds. It is found across temperate Eurasia and is a migratory species.
Habitat: Redshanks are found in various wetland habitats, including coastal saltmarshes, mudflats, estuaries, and inland wet grasslands, mires, and flood meadows.
Diet: They primarily feed on small invertebrates such as marine worms, earthworms, crane fly larvae, molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish, which they find by pecking or probing the mud in shallow water.