Wader Collection

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) feeding in shallow water at dawn, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) brooding three chicks with a fourth approaching, northern Massachusetts, USA.June. Endangered species

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) by the coast, Island of Runde, Norway July

Sanderling (Calidris alba) flock foraging at sunset, Britanny, France, October

Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) chick camouflaged in ground nest, Norway June

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males displaying and fighting each other at a lek, Finland. May

Small flock of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) flying in to rest after migration. Cresswell Pond, Druridge Bay, Northumberland, England, UK, September

Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) with small worm it has caught in shallow freshwater lake, Gloucestershire, UK, August

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), adult in breeding plumage foraging by sweeping its bill from side to side through shallow water, Orange County, California, USA, April

Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), foraging in water, with reflection, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) portrait in upland hay meadow, Upper Teesdale, CO Durham, England, UK, June

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) autumn courtship display, Germany, August

Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) flock in flight over water, Johnsons Mills Reserve, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, July

Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in breeding plumage. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska, USA. June

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) chicks in the nest, seen from overhead, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA June

Waterfowl at dawn with mist, including Great blue heron (Ardea herodias herodias), American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City

Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Guerrero Negro, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, March

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) in flight over wildflowers, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. May

Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), in undergrowth in winter, Brittany, France

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) adult parent and chick together. Suffolk, UK. June

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Titchwell RSPB Reserve, Norfolk, England, UK. November

Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) juvenile feeding around edge of shallow flood, Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, West Wales, UK, September

Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) and Purple sandpipers (Calidris maritima) over wintering on the beaches of the Orkney Isles, Scotland, UK, April

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) portrait. Vardo, Finnmark, Norway. May

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in summer plumage, on Norfolk shoreline in breaking wave, England, UK, May

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) adult feeding chick, Long Island, New York, USA. June

American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) two during aggressive (territorial) encounter, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May

Wilsons Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor) flock flying over tufa formations at Mono Lake in late summer, with reflection, California, USA. July 2013

Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius), with head submerged as it jabs at underwater prey, Caroline, New York, USA, May

American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) courting pair performing Piping Display, calling as they walk along together, Fort DeSoto Park, Florida, USA, March

Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minima) feeding in margins of watercress bed, Hertfordshire, England, UK, January

Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) in reed bed, Finland, May

Curlew (Numenius arquata) roosting on saltmarsh, Cromarty Firth, Scotland, UK April

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) feeding on Calico Clam, shortly after dawn, seashore, Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. April

Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) probing for invertebrate prey in marsh in wintry conditions, Berwickshire, Scotland, January

Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) standing shallow water with beak wide open. Lake Ellesmere, South Island, New Zealand. November

Western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) roosting on barrier island tidal flats. Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA. October

Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) at dusk silhouetted against setting sun, Karigasniemi, Northern Finland, May. Bookplate from Danny Greens The Long Journey North

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) footprints on sand at low tide, Norfolk, England, UK, November

Rear view of Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) in full display at the lek. Varanger, Finmark, Norway, May

Satellite male Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) in full display at the lek. Varanger, Finmark, Norway, May

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Skomer, Wales, UK. April

Sanderling (Calidris alba) running along the tide-line, reflected in the mud, Norfolk, England, UK. December

Red knot (Calidris canutus rogersi) incubating nest on a coastal gravel spit. Chukotka, Russia. June

Three-banded plover (Charadrius tricollaris) in water, with Lion (Panthera leo) sleeping nearby, Ndutu, Tanzania

Waterfowl at dawn with mist, including Great blue heron (Ardea herodias herodias), American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), Xochimilco wetlands, Mexico City

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) chasing after Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) across shoreline. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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