Greenshank
The Greenshank is a medium-sized slim wader with a dark grey back and white underparts. Its long green legs and slightly up-turned bill help to distinguish it from other waders. In flight, it shows a white wedge on the back. It is slightly larger than the related Common Redshank.
The Greenshank is a sub-Arctic bird where it breeds on dry ground near marshy areas from eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species and winters on fresh water in Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia.
In the UK, the Greenshank is confined to the north and west of Scotland where it breeds around boggy moorland and peatland pools from April to August. On migration during April and May and between July and September, it can be found across the UK on inland lakes and freshwater marshes as well as at coastal wetlands and estuaries. In winter from October to March it can be found on the estuaries of south west England, Wales, west Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Like most waders, the Greenshank feeds on small invertebrates but will also take small fish and amphibians.
The Greenshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Date: 6th September 2021
Location: RSPB Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire
The Greenshank is a sub-Arctic bird where it breeds on dry ground near marshy areas from eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species and winters on fresh water in Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia.
In the UK, the Greenshank is confined to the north and west of Scotland where it breeds around boggy moorland and peatland pools from April to August. On migration during April and May and between July and September, it can be found across the UK on inland lakes and freshwater marshes as well as at coastal wetlands and estuaries. In winter from October to March it can be found on the estuaries of south west England, Wales, west Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Like most waders, the Greenshank feeds on small invertebrates but will also take small fish and amphibians.
The Greenshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Date: 6th September 2021
Location: RSPB Blacktoft Sands, East Yorkshire
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