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Cranes at Upton Marshes (credit: David Brooker)

Wading birds

A little sting wading along the edge of a muddy shore

Little stint

A stone curlew stands in a dry grassland

Stone curlew

A black-winged stilt wading through a mud-fringed pool, its extremely long pink legs keeping the black and white body well above the water

Black-winged stilt

Jack snipe

Jack snipe

Purple sandpiper

Purple sandpiper

Corncrake

Corncrake

Dunlin

Dunlin

Sanderling

Sanderling

Knot

Knot

Turnstone

Turnstone

Grey Plover

Grey plover

Common Snipe

Snipe

Golden Plover

Golden plover

Woodcock

Woodcock

Lapwing

Lapwing

Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Ringed Plover

Ringed plover

Curlew

Curlew

Little Ringed Plover

Little ringed plover

Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed godwit

Avocet

Avocet

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed godwit

Oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

Greenshank

Greenshank

Coot

Coot

A redshank standing amongst seaweed on the edge of the water

Redshank

Moorhen

Moorhen

Ruff

Ruff

Water Rail

Water rail

Common Sandpiper

Common sandpiper

Green sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

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