Common Greenshank

Latin Name: 
Tringa nebularia
Size: 
36cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Grey-brown above; long, slightly upcurved, blackish beak; white forehead and underbody; in flight, white lower back, rump and absence of white
in wings diagnostic; long, greenish legs. In summer, darker above, with blackish centres to feathers. The Marsh Sandpiper T. stagnatilis is very similar but smaller and has distinctly longer legs; also has distinctive call. Either solitary or small groups of two to six birds, often with Common Redshanks and other waders; feeds at edge of water but may enter water to belly level.

Habitat: 
marshes, estuaries, creeks.
Food: 
crustaceans, worms, molluscs, aquatic insects.
Distribution: 
winter visitor, fairly common, most of the area.
Call: 
Call Description: 
wild, ringing tew…tew…tew…
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