This elegant wader is an uncommon autumn visitor, often joining flocks of dunlin.

The eerie, 'cur-lee' call of the curlew is a familiar sound of wet grasslands, moorlands, farmland and coasts. Its unmistakeable long, downcurved bill is perfect for probing the mud for…

Stone curlews are unusual waders with large yellow eyes - perfect for hunting beetles at night.

The common sandpiper breeds along rivers, and by lakes, reservoirs and lochs in upland Scotland, Northern England and Wales. It can be spotted as a passage migrant at many inland wetlands across…

The green sandpiper is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, and is mainly seen on migration in autumn. Look out for it feeding around marshes, flooded gravel pits and rivers. It even likes sewage…

This wading bird is a rare visitor from North America, usually spotted in autumn.

This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.

This wading bird is mainly a visitor on its spring and autumn migration, though a small number nest in Scotland.