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red·shank

(rĕd′shăngk′)

Either of two migratory shorebirds (Tringa totanus or T. erythropus) of the Eastern Hemisphere, having long red legs.

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redshank

(ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk)

(Animals) either of two large common European sandpipers, Tringa totanus or T. erythropus (spotted redshank), having red legs

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Noun

redshank - a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

Tringa totanus

sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

genus Tringa, Tringa - a genus of Scolopacidae

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redshank

[ˈredʃæŋk] N → archibebe m

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redshank

[ˈrɛdˌʃæŋk] n (Zool) → pettegola

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A Garganey, Spotted Redshank and Ruff are at Foryd Bay, and an Osprey fished there on Monday morning.

BIRD NOTES With Julian Hughes

Indeed, I saw young of both lapwing and curlew, and adult redshank and snipe.

Waders doing well in Glencairn area; Letters to the editor Write to: Letters to the editor, The Press and Journal, 1 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1BL. email: pj.letters@ajl.co.uk All letters are subject to editing and must include your full address and daytime telephone number for verification. Thank you

More than 200 species of birds have been spotted at the reserve, which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its nationally important populations of Lapwing, Snipe and Redshank.

Reserve makes top spotting list

"Our main concern is potential disturbance of two species of birds, redshank and dunlin, who roost on the Rhymney River spit alongside the site.

Solar farm 'could put birds at risk'

Among the waders were Curlew, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and Golden Plover.

PUBLIC TURN OUT FOR LITTLE BIT OF WADING

This fine picture of a redshank was taken by Dave Pearce.

GO WILDwith eric paylor

The piping of oyster-catchers bringing inland that flavour of sea-lashed shores, the reedier piping of redshank, the glorious "pee-witting" of the lapwing and the whistling of the curlew.

Switch from hay to silage has cost to birds

John Bruce, 46, of Redshank Close, Ayton, was last seen at 10.15pm on Saturday, when he left home.

Appeal as man goes missing

Over the next three weeks the Springwatch cameras will be covering a new area of the reserve for the first time revealing the wet woodland, reed-bed, and rare bog areas of the reserve, to follow the lives of lapwing, redshank, teal, reed bunting, sedge warbler and, with luck, stonechat and bullfinch.

WE LOVE NATURE

Further west at Titchwell RSPB there were several Spotted Redshank - still sporting their jet-black summer plumage - and a number of Little Gulls, which are always a joy to see.