great knot

Coming into it's breeding plumage .

On the left are two turnstones on the beach, the tattler on the shoreline and two grey plovers and two godwits in the water. On the right behind the three dunlins and the two other turnstones are two great knots and two more godwits.

Looks like another day stuck inside again with crook weather. Chance to clean the house before my wife Judy gets back tomorrow from her trip to Ireland LOL .

a group of great knots during incoming tide, with a couple of dunlins and a grey plover, starting to moult into breeding plumage

many thanks for all the nice comments on the greenfinch, yesterday. Worrying though to read that in many places in the UK greenfinches seems to be scarce nowadays.

Another short stop over on it's migration route .

took a picture of this group of waders that flew off as the tide came in. Apart from the great knots, there are bar-tailed godwits, dunlins, one red knot, one ruddy turnstone, three grey plovers and one terek sandpiper.

Another long distance traveler getting ready for the Northerly migration.

A number of different species intermingled with the Bar-tailed Godwits. A few starting to colour up ready to make the journey back north for breeding .

The shorebirds on the beach in Cairns, North Queensland, Aus. were in flocks with so many birds that it was hard to pick them out and id them. This Great Knot was among several hundred others mixed in with many other species. The shoreline next to the Esplanade walkway was turned in to a...

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Although the Caspian Terns (non-breeding; Sterna caspia) aren't waders, they often associated with them. The waders are Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris), Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), and, in foreground, Great Knot (non-breeding; Calidris tenuirostris). I saw these...

In addition to the wonderful endemics of Amami Oshima, they also have outstanding shorebirds, especially during migration season. We saw about 15 species in just over a hour. The area just north of the airport was amazing. Not huge in terms of numbers, but great diversity and close views. These...

taken from about 40 meters on a hazy day but good to see the Knots arriving on their way south. There were only about 3 or 4 visible.

Great Knot with Marsh Sandpipers.