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Waders in all National Trust Properties

Waders are a very large family of birds. They feed on the scrapes at the edges of rivers and lakes. Most tend to be summer visitors, but others (such as Snipe) have their numbers swelled in the winter.


Avocet

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Common Sandpiper

Curlew

Curlew Sandpiper

Dunlin

Golden Plover

Greenshank

Grey-headed Lapwing

Grey Phalarope

Grey Plover

Knot

Lapwing

Little Ringed Plover
Little StintOystercatcherPectoral Sandpiper
RedshankRuffSanderling
SnipeSpotted RedshankTemminck’s Stint
TurnstoneWhimbrelWhite-rumped Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper