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The common redshank was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Scolopax totanus. It is now placed with twelve other species in the genus Tringa that Linnaeus had introduced in 1758. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1603 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific totanus is from Tótano, the Italian name for this bird
Common redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. In winter plumage they become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below. They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight.
The spotted redshank (T. erythropus), which breeds in the Arctic, has a longer bill and legs; it is almost entirely black in breeding plumage and very pale in winter. It is not a particularly close relative of the common redshank, but rather belongs to a high-latitude lineage of largish shanks. T. totanus on the other hand is closely related to the marsh sandpiper (T. stagnatilis), and closer still to the small wood sandpiper (T. glareola). The ancestors of the latter and the common redshank seem to have diverged around the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, about 5–6 million years ago. These three subarctic- to temperate-region species form a group of smallish shanks with have red or yellowish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued light brown above with some darker mottling, and have somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia.
They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call.
Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities.] They lay 3–5 eggs.
Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates.
The next day and another trip to Otmoor, Oxfordshire, mid October.
There was a group of about eleven Common Snipe feeding on the first lagoon and every now and then they would get airborne and fly around and then resettle on the waters edge.
Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Both sexes are mottled brown above, with paler buff stripes on the back, dark streaks on the chest and pale under parts.
A lone common goldeneye with striking black and white plumage calmly swims across a reflective surface. The water mirrors the bird and surrounding environment!!!
Common buzzard, Buteo buteo. 15 June 2023. Hanger Hill Park, Ealing, London, England, UK.
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Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched on an old oak tree branch.
Szpak (Sturnus vulgaris) siedzący na gałęzi starego dębu.
Common paraque
Estero Llano Grande State Park, TX USA
There is a specific location in the park where the paraque roost during the day. They have been roosting here for years.
Their camouflage is amazing.
Crossgates Quarry, Scarborough. 2017
This may be called the Common Blue, but is a stunningly beautiful butterfly which deserves a much classier name. How about the Stunning Blue, the Striking Blue, or better still let's all call it Superblue.
I will take some of these down in a bit, but they form a nice sequence...
All from a boat, which wouldn't slow down for me!
Common Buckeye's will migrate south in September and October because they cannot tolerate cold temperatures. These lovelies will return in spring. Backyard, Howard County, Maryland.
Moccas Hill National Nature Reserve. Herefordshire. SO339424
Literally hundreds of butterflies on a 2 hr walk in this beautiful reserve.
I've just had this year's first counting of nests by our house. I found two common gull nests (Larus canus) with 3 eggs in each, and two nests without eggs yet, that seemed to be built recently.
I guess and hope there are even more new nests that I haven't noticed, since many of the old spots were empty. I disturb them as little as possible and only take a couple of rounds of counting a year.
Sadly the American mink among others destroys several nests. I guess that's the reason the oystercatchers seems to have given up laying eggs in the sand here. At least the common gulls have some more clever spots to place some of their nests.
I haven't photographed them in some years, so here is one from the archive from one of the spots I checked this evening.
(Fiskemåke-reir, in Norwegian)
I have more nest photos from this place, in the links below the line.
My album of birds and nests here.
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Another very common endemic small bird in India seen quite a bit.
And yes, the perils of single point focus - I was focussing on a far off bird when this chat landed in front of me for a few seconds. And since this was so close and filling up the frame, I needed to adjust my single point focus to the top most point (not the center point) to the eyes, and by that time the bird flew away. I got a decent shot though, but the head is a bit blurry.
Common Starling / sturnus vulgaris. Nottinghamshire. 15/02/19.
'TIME TO GET SNAPPY.'
I liked the dramatic, rather menacing light that prevailed that particular afternoon. When a male Starling obligingly perched up with some of it's iridescent feathers aglow, it was the icing on the cake as well as the bird on the hedge ... time for me to get snappy with the shutter!
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Sterna hirundo, Visdief, Common Tern.
When the evening falls.. these Terns hunt for flies and insects.
The white bird pops out against the greenish reed.
Common redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. In winter plumage they become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below. They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight. The spotted redshank (T. erythropus), which breeds in the Arctic, has a longer bill and legs; it is almost entirely black in breeding plumage and very pale in winter. It is not a particularly close relative of the common redshank, but rather belongs to a high-latitude lineage of largish shanks. T. totanus on the other hand is closely related to the marsh sandpiper (T. stagnatilis), and closer still to the small wood sandpiper (T. glareola). The ancestors of the latter and the common redshank seem to have diverged around the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, about 5–6 million years ago. These three subarctic- to temperate-region species form a group of smallish shanks with have red or yellowish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued light brown above with some darker mottling, and have somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.
Something a bit different today. I’m not normally one for editing too much but the lighting of the original version was awful, however I really liked the wing position and felt it would make a nice vertical crop with a high key style edit. I’m actually pleased with the result. Taken at Abberton Reservoir. Normal service will resume…
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) female having a good stretch along the ice edge of a small urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
5 May, 2018.
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