little stint (Calidris minuta).with head in water
little stint (Calidris minuta). This small wading shorebird is a migrant, breeding in the sub-Arctic tundra and islands, and spending the winter around the coasts of Africa. It feeds on insects, crustaceans and molluscs, which it usually finds on mudflats and estuaries. It reaches a maximum length of around 14 centimetres. Photographed in Israel, in August
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Photo credit: © Alon Meir / Alamy / Afripics
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