Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
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Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Bird on the flats at low tide, Mida Creek, Kilifi, Kenya
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Bird feeding in the shallows, Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Bird in non-breeding plumage feeding in the shallows
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Non-breeding bird running along a sandbank at low tide, Lamu. Kenya
Bird wading and feeding at low tide, Mida Creek, Kilifi, Kenya
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Bird feeding in the shallows, Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Kenya
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Bird, a passage migrant in non breeding plumage, a rare sight on inland Kenyan Lakes, Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Non-breeding adult in shallow water, Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Bird wading in the shallows, Sabaki RIver Estuary, Kilifi, kenya
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Bird wading in the shallows, Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Lone migrant at waters edge in the midday heat, Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bird foraging, Mida Creek Watamu, Kilifi, Kenya
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Bird walking on the edge of a pool, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Winter visitor, wading in the shallows, Hyena Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Bird taking a break from preening, standing in the shallows, Athi Basin Dam, Nairobi National park, Nairobi, Kenya
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Bird in the shallows, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Early Migrant foraging in the shallows, Athi Basin Dam, Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Non-breeding bird camouflaged against seaweed on a beach, Kizingo, Lamu Island, Lamu, Kenya