Spotted redshank are frequently described as an elegant bird which I think is highlighted in these images. In Winter plumage migrating south.

• Contributor: Simon rowlands / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2HC32K3
• File size: 57.1 MB (1 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 18 October 2018
• Location: Leighton Moss RSPB reserve Lancashire

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• bill dark at the tip red towards the base
• bill has a downward kink at the tip
• breeding plumage black legs
• breeding requires access to water
• breeds in thinly wooded taiga
• breeds in wooded tundra
• breeds mainland subarctic
• british birds
• canon
• chases food
• clutch 3-4
• diet animal particulates
• diet fish
• does not breed in the uk
• elegant wader
• family scolopacidae
• females leave the males to incubate and raise the young
• gregarious outside of breeding
• ground nesting
• lagoons
• larger than a redshank
• length 29-31 cm
• long bill
• long fine bill
• migrant
• migratory
• mudflats
• non breeding plumage grey and white
• picking at food
• pools
• saltpans
• simon rowlands
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• spotted redshank
• subfamily tringinae
• summer breeding plumage black
• swampy areas
• tringa erythropus
• wader
• white wedge to the centre of the lower back
• will probe
• winter plumage reddish legs
• winter white supercilium
• winters from western europe s/e china