Common sandpiper

Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos). This is a wading bird that inhabits coastal areas. It is a migrant, spending the northern summer in Europe and Asia and heading to Australasia and southern parts of Africa and Asia in the northern winter. It feeds on molluscs, crustaceans and insects. Photographed in Israel in August.

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Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos). This is a wading bird that inhabits coastal areas. It is a migrant, spending the northern summer in Europe and Asia and heading to Australasia and southern parts of Africa and Asia in the northern winter. It feeds on molluscs, crustaceans and insects. Photographed in Israel in August.