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