Psilos Bird Photography |
Bar tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
A coastal wader found during the winter
months. It breeds in northern Scandinavia and Siberia and hundreds of
thousands of birds pass through the UK, on their way further south,
with some stopping off here for the winter. Most usually seen in their
grey-brown winter plumage, birds seen in spring may show their full
rich chestnut breeding plumage. They are found almost exclusively along
coasts in winter, liking sheltered shorelines, bays and estuaries with
mud and sand. It feeds on a diet of worms, snails and insects. |
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