October 16, 2019

Cranberries floating in a flooded bog are ready for harvest. Using special tractors with very high seats, the berries have been shaken from their bushes and have floated to the surface. They will be gathered by traditional methods, with wader-clad workers dragging large booms across the surface to circle the berries, concentrating them in sections for retrieval by giant vacuums.

Harwich, Massachusetts

Cape Cod - USA

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Glossy ibis capturing small invertebrate

…. using its wings as brakes to slow down, by now both feet are on the rock…😎😎

… preparing to land, posturing with their flared plumes..😎😎

Mimicking John Cleese at the "Ministry of Silly Walks".

RSPB Frampton Marsh

… focusing on the marshy land…😎😎

Scuttling about on the beach like little clockwork toys

Some of the 9 Turnstones, one of 6 Purple Sandpipers (far right) and a Dunlin (far right top) on The Cobb rocks today, Lyme Regis Dorset.

Topsham Devon

An adult common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) from another August, on one of the beaches in our neighbourhood.

We have many of them on our beaches now as well, together with even more dunlins (myrsniper in Norwegian) like I posted yesterday and several other wader species.

They have a break here in their migration, like other places along the coast, due to much wind and some rain these days.

Last night I even found my two first stints (dvergsniper) on our island, together with the other waders. A bit fun, since I said after photographing them on Jæren the day before, that I hoped to get them on our island as well some day.

(Voksen sandlo, in Norwegian)

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Curlew in meadow, Forest of Bowland

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reflecting in the water

Photo prise lors d'une excursion en kayak sur la Rivière des hurons, au marais du nord.

Some older photos. Just before climbing down into the sewer. It was a cold night, so wearing a HH Ludvika suit, heavy-duty Century 4000 rubber chestwaders and 80 cm long rubber gloves.

Shore bird ... Florida ... texture by ipiccy

Male Pheasants squaring up at the old wader scrapes, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland

Early morning the sun has just risen and the dawn waders are being disturbed by us dog walkers. Soon sun rise will be in the wee hours and these little sandlings will have the coast to themselves, apart from when I’ve got my landscape photographers hat on.

Largish, quite vocal wader common on coastal areas. This one has been trying to feed in a muddy grassy bank.

Species breeds on the North American prairies, with a small population on Hudson's Bay.

Threatened, formerly by hunting, currently by conversion of breeding habitat to agricultural land.

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Amerikanische Pfuhlschnepfe

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Waders at Slimbridge

Waders - Cleethorpes.

Resident, winter visitor from Iceland and passage migrant (birds on passage from Scandinavia/the Baltic breeding areas to west African wintering areas). Highest numbers occur during the early autumn, when there is overlap of the populations.

Identification

As the name suggests, its most distinctive feature is the leg colour - bright red. A common wader of wetlands throughout the country, though mainly coastal estuaries in winter. A generally mouse brown bird with dark streaking. Bill medium length and straight, reddish at the base. Legs relatively long. Can occur in quite large numbers at the larger estuaries.

Voice

An hyterical, piercing "tew…hoo, tew…hoo", always loud - often scaring other birds away. Persisitent "tew.. tew...tew.." at breeding grounds.

Diet

Detect prey visually and feed mostly during the day along the upper shore of estuaries and along muddy river channels. Feed singly or in small groups, and their prey consists mostly of Hydrobia sp., Corophium sp. and nereid worms

Breeding

Nests on the ground in grassy tussock, in wet, marshy areas and occasionally heather. Adults often keep guard standing on fence posts or high rocks. Breeds mainly in midlands (especially Shannon Callows) and northern half of the country, but not commonly anywhere in Ireland.

Wintering

Winters all around the coasts of Ireland, Britain and many European countries. Favours mudflats, large estuaries and inlets. Smaller numbers at inland lakes and large rivers.

(Limosa lapponica). Another close wader encounter on the Holy Island causeway

this is a picture of a mixed flock of waders ,taken today at west kirby marine lake ,a few seconds before they had been sat serenely sunning themselves on a pontoon ,that is till a arsehole set his dog on them so his son could film the on his mobile phone taking off in panic .i have his photo but don't know if its a offence or not .

i totally give up on the human race and its stupidity

Black neck Stilt, at Cayo Guillermo, Provincia de Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

Green heron at Fairy Stone State Park

Dunlin, a small coastal wading bird, near Groomsport, County Down, Northern Ireland

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Seaton Wetlands Devon

Thanks to Jeff and Frank for ID

02.04.2017 - Ribble Estuary-Jigsaw nightmare :) Knot, Dunlin & Sanderling, leaving the roost as the local Peregrine fired in .

Curlew Sandpiper

Barassie Beach

Ringed Plover - Cemlyn, Anglesey

48 second video of the local Wading birds tonight as the tide came in. Taken @ 4.32pm 26.10.15 as sun was setting & about 50 minutes before high tide.