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
Sandpiper,
Ruff (breeding-male)
Ruff,
Common Greenshank (Non-breeding)
Greenshank,
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Wood Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Curlew Sandpiper (In flight)
Sandpiper,
Terek Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Marsh Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Common Redshank
Redshank,
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding)
Godwit,
Green Sandpiper
Sandpiper,
Eurasian Whimbrel
Whimbrel,
Wood 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.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Godwit,
Ruddy Turnstone
Turnstone,
Common Sandpiper (in flight)
Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
Sandpiper,Sandpipers in formation at Airoli.
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.
Curlew Sandpiper (Non-breeding)
Sandpiper,
Spotted Redshank
Redshank,
