Scolopacidae
Characterised by long legs and long bills these shorebirds pick on prey that they can find by the edge of the water bodies they inhabit.
20 unique species photographed in this family
Common Snipe
Ruff (female)
Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Eurasian Whimbrel
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Temminck's Stint
Wood Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Long-toed Stint
Eurasian Curlew (Non-breeding)
On one of the days during our stay in the Farm of Happiness, we made a short tour to a completely untouched beach near Ganapati Pule. This Curlew was eating the tiny translucent crabs that were dashing about on the sand.
Temminck's Stint
Common Redshank
Bar-tailed Godwit
Spotted Redshank
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Green Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Little Stint
