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Birds on UK freshwater margins and marshes: Green Sandpiper

Ashley Crombet-Beolens - Green Sandpiper
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Green_sandpiper/
Green%20sandpiper%2020-08-2004%20(3).htm
Study the subtle white patterns on brown wings and tail with this colour image of green sandpiper feeding in water.
Ashley Crombet-Beolens - Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries
Research the green sandpiper, that is not green except its legs, with set of seven colour photographs taken from a range of angles.
Birdphotography - Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
http://www.birdphotography.co.uk/Green%20Sandpiper.htm
Find out more about the bird by downloading this colour photograph by George Reszeter of side-profile of green sandpiper foraging in water.
British Ecological Society - Green Sandpipers Feeding
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/epc/submission_warrington/index.php#introduction/
Access site that will help research into the green sandpiper’s diet. Contains aims, legality and ethics, methods, and results.
Digitalwildlife - Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/birds/gsand.htm
Pore over this sharp-focus photograph by Richard Ford of green sandpiper standing in water. Shows the white rump that helps identification in flight.
Kenya Birds - Green Sandpiper
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/sand-g.htm
Find out about secretive bird that has colonized much of northern Europe and Asia, but often winters in Kenya. Offers colour side-profile image.
Oriental Bird Images - Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/photographers.php?p=7&action=
birderimages&Bird_Image_ID=366&Birder_ID=71/
Download colour photograph by Alan Yeo of green sandpiper in Neo Tiew Rd, Singapore. Records family, group, and date image taken.
Peterborough Bird Club: Annual Report - Green Sandpiper
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/sandpiper_green.html
Read about bird club that shares details of green sandpipers sighted around UK town. Records numbers, locations, and dates seen 1999-2003.
Royal Society for Protection of Birds - Green Sandpiper
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/g/greensandpiper/
Investigate wader that appears like a very large house martin when flying. See colour drawing of adult plus distribution map of Britain.
Tiscali Reference - Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_green_sandpiper.html
Check out this regular winter visitor to southern England. Read visual description, habitat, and migratory habits.
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, The - Sightings Database http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/Sighting.asp?SightingID=3284/
Tells of number of green sandpipers to visit the Slimbridge reservation in south-west England. Also identified exact location sighted and date.

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