. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . ghout Europe and Asia, wintering so far south asthe Cape and the Malays. Not only does the bird nest freelyon coastwise marshes and saltings, but during the last decadeit has established itself in many far inland haunts, nesting indamp meadows as well as marshes. Most writers say that itis rare in Wales ; in some locaHties it is plentiful. The Redshank is easily recognised. It announces itspresence by a triple call—///, ///, ee—or a long, plaintive lyujwell suggested by one of its local names, Teuke. It stands,bobbing in sandpiper fashion, dipp
. The birds of the British Isles and their eggs . ghout Europe and Asia, wintering so far south asthe Cape and the Malays. Not only does the bird nest freelyon coastwise marshes and saltings, but during the last decadeit has established itself in many far inland haunts, nesting indamp meadows as well as marshes. Most writers say that itis rare in Wales ; in some locaHties it is plentiful. The Redshank is easily recognised. It announces itspresence by a triple call—///, ///, ee—or a long, plaintive lyujwell suggested by one of its local names, Teuke. It stands,bobbing in sandpiper fashion, dipping its head and breast as ifhinged on its long red legs, and, when it takes wing, shows awhite lower back and an even more distinctive broad whiteborder to the wing, formed by the white secondaries and thewhite on the inner primaries. Although a greyish-brown, red-legged bird when feeding, it looks very black and white inflight. In March there is an increase of birds at the breedingstations, and in April and May a strong northward • ^
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