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