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