WADERS, SMALL and MEDIUM, A to R, 29 species [v18.12, 158 additions]
This is one of 14 galleries into which photos of specific birds may be lodged. In alphabetical order they are: 1-‘Ciconiiformes’ (large waders etc.); 2-‘Corvids, Starlings, Doves, Pigeons’; 3-‘Finches, Buntings, plus’; 4-‘Gulls and Terns’; 5-‘Larks, Thrushes, Woodpeckers’; 6-‘Odds, medium to large’; 7-‘Odds, small to medium’; 8-‘Pipits, Wagtails, Hirundines, Swifts’; 9-‘Raptors including Owls and Vultures’; 10-‘Sea Birds and similar‘; 11-‘Tits, Warblers, and similar’; 12-‘Waders A to R’; 13-‘Waders S to Z’; and 14-‘Wild Life including Swans’. As usual there are a few poor photos that are there for record purposes only. The explanatory text that goes with the Home Page gallery is being be revised accordingly.
V16.05 ADDITIONS: 2 new Dunlin and 4 new Spotted Redshank – Algarve, April 2016.
V16.06 ADDITIONS: 3 new Oystercatcher photos taken on Mull trip, May 2016; and 3 new Kentish Plover (female) photos taken Algarve, June 2016.
V16.11 ADDITIONS: Two crops of one image of a Golden Plover (2-3). Photo taken on recent trip to Portugal.
V18.02 ADDITIONS: No new species. Photos as follows. 2x Avocet (7-8) Algarve; 3x Dunlin (10-12) Algarve; 5x Black-tailed Godwit (13-17) Somerset 13 others Algarve; 1x Killdeer (7) SW Florida; 3x Knot (6-8) first two Norfolk other Algarve; 2x Lapwing (6-7) first Somerset, other Norfolk; 1x Golden Plover (4) Algarve; 3x Grey Plover (11-13) Algarve; 1x Kentish Plover (11) Algarve; 3x Ringed Plover (11-13) Algarve; 1x Wilson’s Plover (8) SW Florida; 1x Collared Pratincole (7) Algarve; 4x Redshank (8-11) Algarve; and 1x Ruff (5) Barnes.
V18.12 ADDITIONS: No new species. But large increases have been added in many areas to reflect the high numbers of waders [probably something to do with our holidays]. Photos with file numbers are as follows: Avocet (09-14); Curlew (6-9); Short-billed Dowitcher (07-16); Dunlin (13-18); Bar-tailed Godwit (05-31); Black-tailed Godwit (18-45); Greenshank (06-15); Killdeer (08-23); Knot (09-10); Lapwing (08-12); Oystercatcher (11-20); Grey Plover (14-16); Kentish Plover (12); Ringer Plover (10-15); Collared Pratincole (08-19); Redshank (12-16); and Spotted Redshank (08-14).
Avocet 01

Avocet 02

Avocet 03

Avocet 04

Avocet 05

Avocet 06

Avocet 07

Avocet 08

Avocet 09

Avocet 10

Avocet 11

Avocet 12

Avocet 13

Avocet 14

Curlew 1

Curlew 2

Curlew 3

Curlew 4

Curlew 5

Curlew 6
© David Rayner Photography