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This week's topic is - FREE THEME

I decided to show a collection of sandpipers that I met.

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Ruff

I encounter small groups of these birds in mid-September on the river that runs alongside my city. They always stop here to rest during their migration.

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Green sandpiper

This is interesting. Because I come across these sandpipers not only in the lake near the river, but even in the forest near the swamp.

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Common sandpiper

Well, this is probably the most popular and numerous of the sandpipers.

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Wood sandpiper

I most often spot this bird near large rivers, especially at river crossings with pebbly banks.

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Little stint

This is a very small sandpiper, and it's not called the "Sandpiper-sparrow" for nothing. I only saw it once, at the end of September, very far outside the city along the river.

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Little Ringed Plover

Another little friend, about the size of a sparrow. It's funny to watch him run along the shore for a bit, then stop to look around, then take another short run.

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Spotted redshank

I found a group of these guys in the middle of a lake in a pine forest. They were resting from a long flight, standing in the cold water. It was late September.