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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
Redshank |
| Image notes: |
Breeding records for Redshank show that nesting gradually increased during the last century. |
| Species in Image: |
Redshank |
| Date: |
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| Area: |
Fetlar |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00716 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Redshank |
| Latin Name |
Tringa totanus |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Numbers of this noisy wader have been slowly increasing in recent years. Breeding display starts in March. Nests are very difficult to spot.
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