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A Turnstone feeds on the sandy shore
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Image details:  
Image Description: A Turnstone feeds on the sandy shore
Image notes: This bird is probably upset by the frosty day.
Species in Image: Turnstone
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Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc00801

General details:  
Common Name Turnstone
Latin Name Arenaria interpres
Shetland Name Steenpikker
Latin Group Name Charadriiformes
Latin Family Name Scolopacidae
Common Family Name Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes
Description Common passage migrant and winter visitor. Wintering birds in Shetland probably breed in Greenland and north-east Canada.
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