Greenshank 

Taken at Musselburgh on 13th August 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Leighton Moss on 15th July 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Winter Plumage
Taken at
Doonfoot on 24th October 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Doonfoot on 27th September 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Greenshank with Redshank
Taken at Musselburgh on 31st March 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Doonfoot on 13th March 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Greenshank.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Local Names:
Tringa nebularia.
Charadriiformes.
Scolopacidae.


Site Of Nest:
Food:
Plumage:


Length:
Breeding Period:
Eggs:
Any wetland habitat including inland marshes.
Small invertebrates, but will also take small fish.

Brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base. They show a white wedge on the back in flight.
30 cm.
May to July. I brood
4.
Voice: