For wader enthusiasts each spring provides an opportunity to discover a trip of dotterel. |
The Green sandpiper is a small solitary wader which has a long straight beak, a whitish eye ring and eyestripe. |
A wader winged away and a rabbit nearly got trodden on as it sheltered under a branch of heather. |
Add cloud cover and wind chill, and a prolonged session can become a miserable ordeal for the ill-prepared wader. |
The downward-curving bill of the bird, the small head, and the swollen knees are all accurate depictions of a wader. |
Our efforts will undoubtedly have been of great benefit to the important populations of wader birds on the islands. |