Yestarday I had a nice moment with a personal record observation of eight sanderlings on my local patch. They were quite confident feeding along the the dam all the food items that they could collect in their continuous mechanical movements. Nice to see those long migration travellers doing a repose in this inland important reservoir. I suposse that the prenuptial period is coming to an end so let's enjoy those precious birds and hope they arrive to their breeding territories.
The eight birds together, resting for a while.
All moulting to spring feathers, with different advanced degrees.
The strong north wind makes the water go against the concrete, producing small waves were the quick sanderlings take advantage of them like if they were in the ocean shore (the sea is 82 km away...).
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* Other waders; 8common sandpipers, 5 greenshanks,16 redshanks
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