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

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Wader Birds Foraging

snow bunting (plectrophenax nivalis) drinking winter norfolk

Ruddy turnstone

grey plover, pluvialis squatarola, single bird standing in water, new york, usa, summer

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) spreading its wings, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada

Usa, Wyoming, Sublette County, a Cinnamon Teal rests on a mud island in a pond in the summer.

Black Turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala, Canada

An adult rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemis, subspecies found on St. Mathews Island, Alaska.

Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) chick, running on grass, Suffolk, England, june

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Texel, North Holland, The Netherlands, Europe

Temminckstrandläufer, Calidris temminckii, Tiere. Vögel, Limikolen, Biotop, Lebensraum, Nahrungssuche, McPMAS McP_MAS_2025_006792 *** Temmincks sandpiper, Calidris temminckii , Animals Birds, Limicoles, Biotope, Habitat, Foraging, McPMAS McP MAS 2025 006792 McPMAS

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres searching for food on an Atlantic coast shore. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres searching for food on an Atlantic coast shore. Ouessant, Finistere, Bretagne, France, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/christianxdecoutx 22238708

USA, Washington State. Adult Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) on a marshy shore on Lake Washington.

Kiebitzregenpfeifer, Kiebitz-Regenpfeifer Pluvialis squatarola, juveniler Kiebitz-Regenpfeifer verschluckt einen kleinen Aal, Seitenansicht, Italien, Campania grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, juvenile swallowing a small eel, side view, Italy, Campania BLWS722598 *** Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing Plover pluvialis squatarola , Juveniles Lapwing Plover slurred a small Eel, Side view, Italy, Campania Grey Plover pluvialis squatarola , Juvenile swallowing a Small eel, Side view, Italy, Campania BLWS722598 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/S.xGattox

Germany, North Sea, Heligoland, Sanderling, Calidris alba

bird kentish plover ornithology

Sora (Porzana carolina) - Viera Wetlands, Florida

Close up of Wilson's Plover (Charadrius Wilsonia) on sand

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax), mating behaviour, mating plumage, snipe birds, Ochsenmoor, Dümmer See nature park Park, Hüde Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

sanderling calidris alba eating prey at tide edge east mersea island, uk january

Surfbird Aphriza virgata Scolopacidae, Canada

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi), Ecuador

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Wader Bird Foraging

Donna Dewhurst Collection. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Becharof National Wildlife Refuge; Oil Creek; Birds; Shorebirds.

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) juvenile, first winter plumage, swimming, Norfolk, England, November

Common redshank (Tringa totanus), adult bird walking on a stone in the water, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, Europe

Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) in water, Lake Constance, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Kleines Sumpfhuhn, Kleinsumpfhuhn, Kleinralle, Little Crake, Porzana parva, Biotop, Lebensraum, Nahrungssuche, Familie der Rallen, Wasservogel, Wasservögel, McPMAS McP_MAS__2025_008587 *** Little one Crake, Lesser Crake, Small rail, Little Crake, Porzana parva, Biotope, Habitat, Foraging, Family the Rallen, Waterfowl, Waterfowl, McPMAS McP MAS 2025 008587 McPMAS

Mexico, Baja, Snowy Plover, beach.

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in sea foam, Morbihan's gulf, Brittany, France

Backlit solitary shorebird posing in warm sand on Holmes Beach

Sora (Porzana carolina), immature walking on water lettuce, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA, North America

Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres ) is on rock, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Mangrove heron, Butorides striata, striated heron

Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) recently hatched chick, standing in puddle, Norfolk, England, June

Alpenstrandlaeufer Alpenstrandlaeufer am Baltikum.

Spanish Wagtail (Motacilla flava iberiae) adult male, feeding on flies in shallow water, Extremadura, Spain, April

Western sandpiper flock resting.

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Lesbos, Greece, Europe

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius Americanus) looking for food on the beach, Playa Samara, Samara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

A small Dunlin bird is searching for food on Hobuck Beach in Washington.

Juvenile pacific gull (Larus pacificus) on the shore of Lake King in Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, Oceania

Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) adult posed on the Varanger tundra, Norway

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) in winter plumage, Long Island, New York

Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes), Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) on the beach, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Central America

Pectoral Sandpiper female. Spring North Norfolk 2016

Wasserralle, Wasser-Ralle Rallus aquaticus, auf Nahrungssuche am Wasser, Niederlande, Friesland water rail Rallus aquaticus, searching for food by the waterside, Netherlands, Frisia BLWS722396 *** Water rail, Water Ralle Rallus aquaticus , at Food search on Water, Netherlands, Friesland Water Rail Rallus aquaticus , Searching for Food by The waterside, Netherlands, Frisia BLWS722396 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/J.xGarvelinkx

Seagull on rest on ground with muddy waters

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

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) adult, feeding in shallow water, Warwickshire, England, October

Rotschenkel, Tringa totanus, Tiere, Vögel, Familie der Schnepfenvögel McPMAS McP_MAS_2025_008890 *** Redshank, Tringa totanus , Animals, Birds, Family the Snipe birds McPMAS McP MAS 2025 008890 McPMAS

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) on algal strewn beach, Europe

Jack snipe,Lymnocryptes minimus, two birds in water, Warwickshire, October 2012

Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging, North Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Common redshank (Tringa totanus), mating, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Sandregenpfeifer, Sand-Regenpfeifer Charadrius hiaticula, mit einer Garnele im Schnabel, Seitenansicht, Italien, Toskana ringed plover, common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, with a prawn in the bill, side view, Italy, Tuscany, Leghorn BLWS713485 *** Ringed Plover, Sand Plover Charadrius hiaticula , with a Shrimp at Schnabel, Side view, Italy, Tuscany Ringed plover, Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula , With a Prawn in The bill, Side view, Italy, Tuscany, Leghorn BLWS713485 Copyright: xblickwinkel/AGAMI/D.xOcchiatox

Closeup of Dunlin walking by the sandy Baltic sea shore covered by seashells, water-weeds and pebbles lit by the evening sun

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) chick, De Westereen, Friesland, Netherlands

Dulus dominicus on Beach in search of food

Close up of Wilson's Plover (Charadrius Wilsonia) with chick

Snipe on the bank Marais Breton France

Dulus dominicus on Beach in search of food

Lapwing Chick by Lake A lapwing chick walks on the pebbled beach on an island inside Lake Victoria in East Africa. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JacquesxJacobszx 9626632

bird sandpiper ornithology species

Wilson's plover landing on a beach in south Florida.

House sparrows (Passer domesticus), female, drinking, Sartene, Corsica, France, Europe

Calidris ptilocnemis qutra Calidris ptilocnemis qutra. Commander Islands Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 4078184

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) with small crustacean in its beak

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa / Nycticorax violacea) sub-adult with caught ghost crab on beach dune. Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, November.

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) two adults, feeding on mud at edge of water, Suffolk, England, September

A snowy plover stands on the ground. Subjects: Birds; Wading birds. . 1998 - 2011.

A baby kiwit chick stands on a pebble shore of an island inside Lake Victoria in East Africa, and looking in the direction of the water right in front of it.

Ecuador, Galapagos. Genovesa Island aka Tower. Darwin's Bay beach. Swallow-tailed gull chick (WILD: Larus furcatus, endemic)

Common redshank (Tringa totanus) in winter plumage, non-breeding plumage foraging along lake shore in autumn, fall

Kentish / Snowy PLOVER (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in front of its nest in spring, Pas de Calais, France

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