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Arenaria interpres
Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and legs orange. They spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones.(RSPB WEB)
Present for most of the year in the UK. Birds from Northern Europe pass through in July and August and again spring. Canadian and Greenland birds arrive in August and September and remain until April and May. Non-breeding birds may stay through the summer. (RSPB WEB)
They eat Insects, crustaceans and molluscs. (RSPB WEB)
Spotted on Jul 11, 2011
Submitted on Jul 21, 2011
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Good pictures and I like your information. Thanks.