Dunlin Calidris alpina at sunset
The commonest small wader found along the coast. It has a slightly down-curved bill and a distinctive black belly patch in breeding plumage. It feeds in flocks in winter, sometimes numbering thousands, roosting on nearby fields, saltmarshes and the shore when the tide is high. Breeds in the uplands of Scotland, Wales and England. Greatest numbers found on the Western and Northern Isles and the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland in Scotland, in the Pennines in England. It is found on all UK estuaries with largest numbers in winter.
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Location: Norfolk England UK
Photo credit: © Ernie Janes / Alamy / Afripics
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