Birdwatchers are flocking to Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve this week following the rare sighting of a ruff, a distinctive and unusual wading bird more ... and bare orange faces—features used ...

He wore a 10-foot-long costume of the Eurasia curlew, which is Europe’s largest wading bird, as he made his journey. The bird is known for its down-curved bill, brown upperparts and long legs ...

A 2017-2019 survey of wading birds in Orkney revealed that the number of curlews in the isles had declined by more than 50% when compared with the previous survey recorded from 2006-2010.

From late summer to early winter, tens of thousands of wading birds gather on the mudflats where they roost overnight. During high spring tides, vast flocks of knot, dunlin and oystercatchers take to ...

From late summer to early winter, tens of thousands of wading birds gather on the mudflats where they roost overnight. During high spring tides, vast flocks of knot, dunlin and oystercatchers take ...

Birdwatchers are flocking to Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve this week following the rare sighting of a ruff, a distinctive and unusual wading bird more commonly seen ... head tufts, and bare orange ...

And in that condensed amount of water, there were a lot of birds. It was easiest to differentiate the wading birds, because they were bigger and moving around more – reddish egret, snowy egrets, ...

"It’s reached via a causeway, impassable either side of high tide, and its remoteness, combined with winter closure and no power lines, means a thriving population of migrant and wading birds.