Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
A cold Northern wader snapped yet again in sunny Dubai at Rhas Al Knor (in arabic "The Head of the Creek"). Greenshank are a saltwater wader in my mind - I always see them around estuaries rather than on freshwater. They are elegant with a long legged look and a needle thin upturned bill. They will suddenly run across shallow water on their stilt like legs after fish fry or a small invertabrate.
In Spring I assume they are up in the Northern clock round sunlit lands of Russia. Back home they were a bird for March on a Suffolk coast or September on the Dee. Another world wanderer.
Greenshank - Tringa nebularia
Ras Al Khor - Dubai
Late Summer 2011
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