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Ruff feeding in calm water
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Image details:  
Image Description: Ruff feeding in calm water
Image notes: Leg colour of both sexes can be orange-red or greenish-grey. This can be age related.
Species in Image: Ruff
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Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc00723

General details:  
Common Name Ruff
Latin Name Philomachus pugnax
Latin Group Name Charadriiformes
Latin Family Name Scolopacidae
Common Family Name Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes
Description Fairly common passage migrant. The first autumn migrants usually arrive from mid-July onwards. Earliest spring record 20 March, Whalsay 1997
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