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Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) by fresh-water pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) wing-stretching, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) walking through grass, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) wading at the shoreline, Fetlar, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) foraging among the spume at the shoreline, Fetlar, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) roosting with its eye open, Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

A Dunlin (Calidris alpina) heads across the sand at Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) on the shoreline at Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on the shoreline at Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) on the beach at Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Male Dunlin (Calidris alpina) performing a One-wing-lift display towards a rival male, Bigton Wick, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) mirroring the colours of the shoreline, Bigton Wick, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) roosting with its eye just about shut, Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) roosting with its eye open, Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) on the shoreline, Bigton Wick, Mainland South, Shetland

Male Dunlin (Calidris alpina) pursuing a rival with wings outstretched, Bigton Wick, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) standing on seaweed at the shoreline, Bigton Wick, Shetland: a moderately interpolated crop of the previous image

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) standing on seaweed at the shoreline, Bigton Wick, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 1 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 2 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 3 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 4 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 5 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding on sheep faeces, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland: Image 6 of a sequence of 6

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) probing for food in damp ground, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) preening at the margin of an upland pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) by fresh-water pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) with a large invertebrate in its bill as it feeds by fresh-water pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding by fresh-water pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) by fresh-water pool, Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) on the shoreline, Tangwick, Northmavine, Shetland