Bar-tailed Godwit - Lappspove - Limosa lapponica
Myrspov - Lille Kobbersneppe  - Punakuiri - Rosse grutto - Pfuhlschnepfe - Barge rousse - Aguja Colipinta


Adult Bar-tailed Godwit, Tjeldstø, Øygarden, August 2010


Bar-tailed Godwit, Hernar, Øygarden, September 2014
This bird looks slightly bedraggled but this is just due to it feeding in grass laden with early morning dew.




Picture taken using DSLR and 400mm telephoto lens (hand held). Tjeldstø, September 2009

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Bar-tailed Godwit at Skogsøy, Hordaland, Norway

Bar-tailed Godwit at Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, Northumberland

This photo was digiscoped at Herdlevær, Øygarden,  07 September 2003





This photo was digiscoped at Tjeldstø, Øygarden, 11 September 2003

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