- Tringa ochropus
Identification
Upper parts a dark grey brown with white speckles, underparts brilliant white, streaked breast, barred tail. Greenish legs. Smaller than Redshank, larger than Dunlin
Distribution
Generally a summer visitor to the UK, wintering in Southern Europe and Africa
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Tringa
Species: T. ochropus
Habitat
Most often found on edge of pools, shores of reservoirs etc
Behaviour
Picks insects up from water
Nests in trees reusing nests of birds like thrush.
Bird Song
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