Scolopacidae - Sandpipers

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Species photographed in Britain

Calidris canutus (Knot)

Limosa limosa (Black-Tailed Godwit)

Tringa ochropus (Green Sandpiper)

Numenius arquata (Curlew)

Arenaria interpres (Turnstone)

Calidris alba (Sanderling)

Calidris alpina (Dunlin)

Philomachus pugnax (Ruff)

Tringa totanus (Redshank)

Gallinago gallinago (Snipe)

Actitis hypoleucos (Common Sandpiper)

Tringa nebularia (Greenshank)

Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)

Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)

Tringa erythropus (Spotted Redshank)

Calidris minuta (Little Stint)

Phalaropus tricolor (Wilson's Phalarope) Photo by L Lambert

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Species photographed in Palearctic outside Britain

Tringa stagnatilis (Marsh Sandpiper)

Numenius phaeopus (Whimbrel)

Tringa glareola (Wood Sandpiper)