Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima). This shorebird breeds on Arctic islands in Canada, Greenland and northwestern Europe. It is a late migrant, movi

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Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima). This shorebird breeds on Arctic islands in Canada, Greenland and northwestern Europe. It is a late migrant, moving to rocky Atlantic coasts in winter. It forages on rocks eating mainly insects and molluscs. Photographed in November, in Kent, UK.

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