Shustoke Waders.

Whimbrel ...May 2006

Anyone taking a casual look at the main pool would not expect many species to come down and feed, with no muddy shoreline just steep concrete banks. But the purity and alkalinity of the water produce plenty of aquatic life and a suprising number of species. At present 27 species of wader have been recorded,and one missing undocumented report of a Curlew Sandpiper 1980,s.
1 Oystercatcher
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Ringed Plover
4 Golden Plover
5 Grey Plover
6 Lapwing
7 Knot
8 Sanderling
9 Little Stint
10 Dunlin
11 Ruff
12 Jack Snipe
13 Snipe
14 Woodcock
15 Black-tailed Godwit
16 Bar-tailed Godwit
17 Whimbrel
18 Curlew
19 Spotted Redshank
20 Redshank
21 Greenshank
22 Green Sandpiper
23 Wood Sandpiper
24 Common Sandpiper
25 Turnstone
26 Grey Phalarope
27 Red-necked Phalarope.

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