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Calidris canutus

Stocky wader, often forming dense flocks in flight

Habitat: estuaries and shores

Common winter visitor and passage migrant to the UK; breeds in Siberia

Larger than dunlin with short bill; in winter grey above, white below; in summer mottled chestnut upperparts, chestnut below

Feeds fast on shoreline, constantly picking at food items; shows wingbar in flight

Eats molluscs, crustaceans and worms

Nest is a lined hollow

1 Brood; 4 eggs pale green spotted brown