Gerrit Vyn / Huge installations of offshore wind turbines pose another obstacle to migratory shorebirds like these Dunlin (Calidris alpina) in the Yellow Sea. Rudong, China. October.
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Gerrit Vyn / Shorebird flock consisting of juvenile Dunlin Calidris alpina and Red-necked stints (Calidris ruficollis) on their first migration south. Busan, South Korea. October.
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Peter Cairns / Abstract of Knot (Calidris canutus) flock roosting, The Wash, Norfolk, UK, December.
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Andy Trowbridge / Temminck's stints (Calidris temminckii) displaying, in summer plumage, Oppland, Norway, June.
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Nick Upton / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) flying over Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) resting on flooded pastureland, Gloucestershire, UK, February.
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Nick Upton / Flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) sheltering from the wind on the bank of a creek draining mudflats as the tide falls, Severn estuary, Somerset, UK, March.
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Little Stint (Calidris minuta) wading in shallow water, Samos, Greek Island, Greece. May 2000
