OYSTERCATCHERS, STILTS, PRATINCOLES, COURSERS, THICK-KNEES, PLOVERS

Oystercatcher   Haematopus ostralegus.
Inner Marsh farm RSPB, Cheshire. July 2010 ³

Avocet   Recurvirostra avosetta.
Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk. May 2007 ¹

Avocet   Recurvirostra avosetta.
Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk. May 2007 ¹

Black-winged Stilt   Himantopus himantopus.
Albufeira, Mallorca. June 2009 ²

Black-winged Stilt   Himantopus himantopus, immature.
Laguna de Fuente de Piedra. November 2011 ⁴

Stone Curlew   Burhinus oedicnemus.
Mandria, Cyprus. April 2011 ⁴

Stone Curlew   Burhinus oedicnemus.
Mandria, Cyprus. April 2011 ⁴

Cream-coloured Courser   Cursorius cursor.
Jandia, Fuerteventura. January 2009 ²

Cream-coloured Courser   Cursorius cursor.
Jandia, Fuerteventura. January 2009 ²

Collared Pratincole   Glareola pratincola.
Phasouri reedbeds, Cyprus. April 2012 ⁴

Collared Pratincole   Glareola pratincola.
Phasouri reedbeds, Cyprus. April 2012 ⁴

Little Ringed Plover   Charadrius dubius.
Paphos Sewage Works, Cyprus. April 2011 ⁴

Little Ringed Plover   Charadrius dubius.
Phasouri reedbeds, Cyprus. April 2012 ⁴

Ringed Plover   Charadrius hiaticula.
Gorriones Beach, Fuerteventura. January 2011 ⁴

Ringed Plover   Charadrius hiaticula.
El Hondo, Costa Blanca, Spain. November 2013 ⁴

Kentish Plover   Charadrius alexandrinus.
Gorriones Beach, Fuerteventura. January 2011 ⁴

Kentish Plover   Charadrius alexandrinus.
Gorriones Beach, Fuerteventura. January 2011 ⁴

Greater Sand Plover   Charadrius leschenaultii.
Mandria Beach, Cyprus. April 2011 ⁴

Greater Sand Plover   Charadrius leschenaultii.
Mandria Beach, Cyprus. March 2013 ⁴

Caspian Plover   Charadrius asiaticus.
Mandria, Cyprus. April 2010 ²

Lapwing   Vanellus vanellus.
Pennington Flash, Lancs. September 2010 ⁴

Spur-winged Lapwing   Vanellus spinosus.
Paphos Sewage Works, Cyprus. April 2011 ⁴

Spur-winged Lapwing   Vanellus spinosus.
near Paphos Sewage Works, Cyprus. April 2012 ⁴

Spur-winged Lapwing   Vanellus spinosus.
near Paphos Sewage Works, Cyprus. April 2012 ⁴

¹Canon EOS 400D, 100-400 IS USM lens
²Canon EOS 50D, 100-400 IS USM lens
³Canon EOS 50D, 500mm f4 IS USM lens plus 1.4 extender
⁴Canon EOS 7D, 500mm f4 IS USM lens plus 1.4 extender
⁵Canon EOS 7D MkII, 300mm f2.8 IS USM lens plus 2.0 extender