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Variable oystercatcher

Black variant, on the windy beaches of Dunedin.
- Fowl Mouth
- Media item
- Jun 10, 2024
- beach dunedin new zealand sand variable oystercatcher wind
- Comments: 8
- Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
Terek Sandpiper, Borneo

This guy, Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 翹嘴鷸 sure can run fast. Filmed at Sarawak's coastal, Malaysian Borneo during last winter migratory season.
- dixonlau
- Media item
- Jul 19, 2023
- beach borneo coast coastal malaysia migrant rainforest running sand sarawak season speeding terek sandpiper tropical video winter migratory xenus cinereus 反嘴鷸翹嘴鷸
- Comments: 3
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
This is me......Almost 5 years ago, that is!

Taken on the back deck of a vacation rental at Emerald Isle, North Carolina. An area also known as "The Crystal Coast" or the "Southern Outer Banks." This particular part of the island is wide enough for approximately a half dozen rows of house between the ocean and the...
- sbarnhardt
- Media item
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1bb beach coast dunes relaxation sand shore
- Comments: 11
- Category: Members Faces
Late afternoon / evening Emerald Isle North Carolina

Later in the afternoon / evening as the sun sinks lower into the ocean signaling the end of another nice day in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.
- sbarnhardt
- Media item
- Jul 4, 2020
- beach coast coastal emerald isle north carolina ocean relaxation sand sun
- Comments: 6
- Category: Landscapes
sand with design
- Shantilal Varu
- Media item
- Apr 19, 2020
- sand
- Comments: 4
- Category: Landscapes
Natural Design by sand-crabs
- Shantilal Varu
- Media item
- Jan 9, 2020
- sand
- Comments: 6
- Category: Landscapes
Sand Wasp

Sand Wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus: Crabronidae) 1.7-1.9 cm (0.67-0.75 in) long.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Jul 25, 2019
- bryan sand texas usa wasp
- Comments: 7
- Category: Invertebrates
Ringed Plover

This lovely little guy was not too bothered about me being pretty close to him. I didn't see him at first as he was well camouflaged against the sand. Isle of Bute Scalpsie Bay on Saturday Morning.
- DMelrose10
- Media item
- Jul 7, 2019
- bird orange plover ringed plover sand
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Ringed Plover

This lovely little guy was not too bothered about me being pretty close to him. I didn't see him at first as he was well camouflaged against the sand. Isle of Bute Scalpsie Bay on Saturday Morning.
- DMelrose10
- Media item
- Jul 7, 2019
- bird orange plover ringed plover sand
- Comments: 2
- Category: Britain & Europe
Amelia's Sand Verbena

Amelias Sand Verbena (Abronia ameliae: Nyctaginaceae) I get to go out of town again to another dog show for my wife. I will be back on Monday. Everyone enjoy your weekend!
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- May 3, 2019
- amelia's brooks county sand texas usa verbena
- Comments: 9
- Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
Sand Chafer Beetle

Sand Chafer Beetle (Strigoderma arbicola: Scarabidae) 1.0-1.1 cm (0.39-0.43 in) long. On Plains Beeblossom (Gaura brachycarpa: Onagraceae).
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Aug 13, 2018
- beetle chafer college station sand texas usa
- Comments: 7
- Category: Invertebrates
African Oystercatchers

580 - 820 g; wingspan: 84 cm. A large dumpy all-black wader with short, pink legs and an orange bill.
- Shaka1652
- Media item
- Apr 29, 2017
- africa birds black haematopus moquini oystercatchers red sand water
- Comments: 5
- Category: Africa
Sand Plover

Still not sure whether this is a Lesser or Greater Sand Plover.
- Avian Seeker
- Media item
- Feb 6, 2014
- plover sand
- Comments: 0
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Sand Plover

Still not sure whether this is a Lesser or Greater Sand Plover.
- Avian Seeker
- Media item
- Feb 6, 2014
- plover sand
- Comments: 0
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
Snow on Sand

Snow Bunting image taken on the Dunes at Holme Norfolk ,converted to monocrome!
- swarovskiuser
- Media item
- Nov 9, 2013
- bunting dunes sand snow
- Comments: 3
- Category: Britain & Europe
Black Sand Beach, Puerto Rico

Black Sand Beach: Near La Boca between Manati and Arecibo on the Atlantic side of Puerto Rico, USA.
- Stanley Jones
- Media item
- Feb 12, 2013
- beach black la boca puerto rico sand usa
- Comments: 21
- Category: Landscapes
Sand Martin

Possibly my favourite moment in Lesvos, as this bird landed about a metre away from where Tina was standing.
- Mick Sway
- Media item
- May 31, 2011
- martin sand
- Comments: 0
- Category: Britain & Europe
For Bru.b...summer evening in Australia

A summer evening at Port Elliot beach in South Australia. The kayak you see passing the excited small boys is being paddled by a German woman, Freya Hoffmeister, who recently completed a circumnavigation of Australia...in that kayak! In every other way, a typical hot summer evening, to remind...
- Rose Fletcher
- Media item
- Feb 16, 2010
- and hot weather sand sun
- Comments: 15
- Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake Back on the Beach

Diamond back rattlesnake on the beach Honeymoon Island Florida
- dlgeorge1
- Media item
- Dec 27, 2009
- beach diamond rattlesnake sand snake
- Comments: 4
- Category: Reptiles

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