black-winged stilt

One caught close to a hide on the Albufera Reserve in Mallorca.

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Always see a few of these but they're not so common as I thought they would be.

This young stilt didn't seem to mind me sitting in the car and came quite close, usually they're very wary.

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A nice tight group flying around the mudflats today.

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) Lapkaman Lake, Ahmedabad Outskirts, Gujarat, INDIA

This was one of about 50 stilts at the high tide roost last week. I love watching them as they are so energetic and elegant. It was a digiscoping day so I was able to isolate some of them as I was about 25 -40 metres away in the hide.

I think the image needs a bit of anti-clockwise rotation.

Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt

The male is the bird to the rear.

Black-winged Stilt

Another shot from Majorca.