Shorebirds foraging

Images of various shorebirds like Knots and Sanderlings actively foraging along sandy beaches. Showcases their feeding behavior and natural coastal environments.

Sanderling (Calidris alba), Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Sanderling fighting with a Red knot for food France

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) foraging, Lauwersmeer, Friesland, Netherlands

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) immature migrating sounding seawater at low tide looking for annelid worms, Finistere, France

Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), standing in the water, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Cali, Valle del Cauca

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) chick, newly hatched, foraging in shallow water, Castilla y Leon, Spain, june

Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), looking for food on the Baltic Sea beach, Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park, Germany, Europe

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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) wading in water

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) flapping its wings

Usa, Wyoming, Sublette County, a Sora forages for food in a pond.

Sanderling, Calidris alba, Germany, Europe

Piping plover (Charadrius melodus), Yellow-footed plover, Animals, Birds, Waders, Piping plover immature, walking on beach, New utricularia ochroleuca (U.) (U.) S. A

Wandering Tattler Tringa incana perched on a rock in Victoria, BC, Canada.

USA, Wyoming, Sublette County, Long-billed Dowitcher standing in reflective water

Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) walking in the mud, Holwerd, Friesland, Netherlands

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) facing in water, Vendee, France

USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding in shallow water

Lesser sand plover, Charadrius mongolus, Akshi, Alibagh Maharashtra India

Long-billed dowitchers roosting Limnodromus scolopaceus} Florida, USA.

American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) on the beach

USA, Alaska, Copper River Delta. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and Dunlin (Calidris alpina), in spring migration, stop to feed on the tidal flats of the Copper River Delta.

Sociable Plover (Chettusia gregarius) adult, winter plumage, standing on beach, Israel

Sanderling (Calidris alba) running on beach, Siikajoki, Finland, September 2012

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

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Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) standing on beach, Marco Island, Florida

American avocet Recurvirostra americana, foraging, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus), Alaska

USA, Washington State. A Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) grabs a crab while foraging during fall migration. Neah Bay.

Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Female breeding on the ground at the water's edge, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve, Romania, Europe

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus), Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Greenshank, TRINGA Nebularia Wader, Limicoles, Food Search at Watt, Family the Snipe Birds, McP MAS 2025 008005 McPmas

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) pulling a worm out of the mud, Ohio

Seagull on beach

Black skimmer chick (Rynchops niger) flying on the beach

Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Texel, North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

Sanderling (Calidris Alba), bird on the beach at low tide, Dawlish Warren, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), adult at take off, Campania, Italy

Purple Sandpiper in winter plumage wing stretching.

Red Knot (Calidris canutus) pair wading

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) bathing in small pool, southern Alaska

Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Willet, Tringa semipalmata, Oregon, USA

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) male, Alaska

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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) adult, winter plumage, feeding in water, Norfolk, England, january

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), Texas

Eurasian Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) juvenile, feeding in water, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft N. P. Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) and Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), Magdalena Bay (Madelaine Bay), Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging along the shoreline, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Two green sandpipers (Tringa ochropus) foraging in shallow water of mudflat

A ruddy turnstone hunts for food along a south Florida beach.

Sanderling (Calidris alba) group, Texas

curlew numenius arquata holland

Dowitcher (Limnodromus sp.), obtaining water to apply to feathers during preening, Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Ruff, Philomachus pugnax, ruff

Red Knot (Calidris canutus) walking in mudflat, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, Europe

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) adult, non-breeding plumage, walking on mudflats, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, january

ringed plover

Close-up of a sanderling (Calidris alba)

Wilson´s Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, Montana, USA

Sanderling on the beach

Red knots standing in water, Mispillion Harbor. Subjects: Aquatic birds; Birds; Coastal environments. Location: Delaware.

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), female

Red Knot (Calidris canutus) on shoreline at low tide, Ijmuiden, Netherlands

Ruddy Turnstone

Shore bird Whimbrel at Vancouver BC Canada

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), adult male in splendour plumage, standing in wet meadow, snipe birds, wildlife, Ochsenmoor, Dümmer See nature park Park, Hüde, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

juvenile Least Sandpiper - Cape May USA

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) calling, Helgoland, North Sea, Germany

Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) foraging in shallow water along lake shore in front of marsh samphire at saltmarsh in late summer early autumn

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Biebzra, Poland

Ruddy Turnstone - feeding amongst the rocks - Asturias, Spain. Date:

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) mating in water, Vendee Breton Marsh, Vendee, Pays de la Loire, France

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) foraging, Kalloni, Lesbos, Greece

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Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Lake Neusiedl National Park, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Surfbird (Aphriza virgata), British Columbia, Canada

Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola), foraging in shallow water, Volcanic Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in non-breeding plumage foraging along the North Sea coast in winter

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Feeding Pt. Pelee, Canada

Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in breeding plumage perched on boulder on the tundra in summer

turnstone - on rock, Arenaria interpres

Sanderling (Calidris alba) adult, non-breeding plumage, running on beach, Norfolk, England, January

Little Ringed Plover, Charadrius dubius

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) adult, standing on beach in shallow water, Sanibel Island, Florida (U.) S. A

Summer plumage Rock Sandpiper of the Pribilofs race (Calidris ptilocnemis), St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska

Sanderling, juvenile feeding along the tide line at Cape May, East Coast USA .

Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), adult preening in a pond, Campania, Italy

Ruff (Calidris pugnax), Lake Neusiedl National Park, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) foraging in the rippled sand

Surfbird - Oak Bay, BC

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), Australia

Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea), Victoria, Australia

Sanderling (Calidris alba) standing in shallow water, Apetlon, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Sanderling looking for food in the surf Lincolnshire GB

Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica, male in a nuptial plumage

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