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.
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Sandpiper,Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Ruff (female)
Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Ruff,Female Ruff preening. Shot at Mangalajodi wetlands in Chilika Lake.
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Marsh Sandpiper
On the Valiyaparamba beach.
Sandpiper,On the Valiyaparamba beach.
Green Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Bar-tailed Godwit
Godwit,
Eurasian Whimbrel
Whimbrel,
Spotted Redshank
Redshank,
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.
Curlew,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.
Ruff (breeding-male)
Ruff,
Ruddy Turnstone
Turnstone,
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Godwit,
Common Redshank
Redshank,
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Sandpiper,
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Greenshank,
