A photo of a Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Spotted Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It breeds across northern Scandinavia and the northern Palearctic and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America. This is a large wader (shorebird), measuring 29–31 cm (11–12 in) long. It is black in breeding plumage, and very pale in winter. It has a red legs and bill, and shows a white oval on the back in flight. Juveniles are grey-brown finely speckled white above, and have pale, finely barred underparts. Adults moult completely between July and October. In spring, the body plumage is moulted between March and May. Juveniles have a partial moult between August and February. The call is a creaking whistle teu-it (somewhat similar to the call of a roseate tern), the alarm call a kyip-kyip-kyip.
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George Cunningham
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 1:43pm
United Kingdom
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Tom Giles
Sunday 26 Mar 2023 - 10:58am
United Kingdom
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Chrissy Davies
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 12:44pm
United Kingdom
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Lee Davies
Saturday 25 Mar 2023 - 12:39pm
United Kingdom
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