A Redshank catnaps by the Seatown canal
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A Redshank catnaps by the Seatown canal
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 13 Feb 2011
This noisy, common wader is well known and although declining fast in areas where marshland is being drained it is nevertheless not endangered. A coastal bird, its red shanks speak for themselves.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.715972
Longitude
-3.282883