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Red Knot
Winter plumaged Red Knot, Salina de Janubio, Lanzarote, November 2007




Red Knot, Herdlevær, August 2016

Above and below, Red Knot taking a break from migration, Herdlevær, Øygarden, August 2016
These are all first year birds, adults tend to pass through earlier

Red Knot, Herdlevær, August 2016



Knot in flight
Knot in flight, Herdlevær, Øygarden, August 2015

Habitat shot of Red Knot in Øygarden
Habitat shot of Red Knot in Øygarden
This illustrates perfectly the kind of skerries Red Knot use when resting in Øygarden. Not the easiest places to get close in a small boat!


Red Knot in flight
Above and below: Stag Rocks, Northumberland, January 2011

Roosting Knot


For more details about Red Knot at Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, Northumberland see this page.
For more details about migration past Skogsøy, Hordaland, Norway see this page.

Pictures taken using a digital SLR camera with a 400mm telephoto lens (hand held)


Red Knot
Above and below: Monkshouse, near Seahouses, Northumberland, December 2010



Red Knot











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