Turnstone at Pagham March 2014

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A Turnstone 'turning stones' and looking for food. According to the RSPB: Turnstones "spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones." And they certainly do!

This video was taken in the afternoon on 14th March 2014 - walking along the beach looking for birds to photograph and video.

From the RSPB "Amber Status"
"Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and legs orange. They spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones."

25th June 2014

Turnstone at Widewater Shoreham West Sussex 26th November 2013

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Turnstone at Widewater Lagoon Shoreham West Sussex 26th November 2013

Black-Headed Gull and Turnstone

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Visiting Pagham Harbour West Sussex - Church Norton yesterday 30th March 2013 - no sunshine at all.. total cloud cover... making it very difficult to take half-decent photos... for me any way... Nikon D300S 500mm

A couple of Black-Headed Gulls and also a Turnstone

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Turnstone -  Pagham Harbour Beach 20th March 2011

Latin name
Arenaria interpres

Family
Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae)

Description:
Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and legs orange. They spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones.

Where to see them:
All around the UK coastline. Likes rocky shores as well as sandy and muddy ones. Particularly likes feeding on rocks covered with seaweed, and will feed along seawalls and jetties.

When to see them:
Present for most of the year. Birds from Northern Europe pass through in July and August and again spring. Canadian and Greenland birds arrive in August and September and remain until April and May. Non-breeding birds may stay through the summer.

What they eat:
Insects, crustaceans and molluscs.

Turnstone Pagham March 2011
Nikon D300S 200-400 + 1.4 Converter, f5.6, 1/640th sec, ISO 200

Turnstone Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve March 2011
Nikon D300S 200-400 + 1.4 Converter, f5.6, 1/640th sec, ISO 200

Turnstone

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Turnstone

Latin name
Arenaria interpres

Family
Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae)

Description:
Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and legs orange. They spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones. They can be quite difficult to photograph as they generally doen't stay still for very long, usually on the look-out for food.

Where to see them:
All around the UK coastline. Likes rocky shores as well as sandy and muddy ones. Particularly likes feeding on rocks covered with seaweed, and will feed along seawalls and jetties.

When to see them:
They are present for most of the year. Birds from Northern Europe pass through in July and August and again spring. Canadian and Greenland birds arrive in August and September and remain until April and May. Non-breeding birds may stay through the summer.

What they eat
Insects, crustaceans and molluscs.

Turnstone West Sussex Coast October 2010
 Nikion D300S  f4, 1/1250th sec, ISO 320