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Tringa erythropus |
Spotted Redshanks are black in breeding plumage, and very pale in winter. They have red legs and bill, and show a white oval on the back in flight.
It is replaced as a breeding bird further south by the by the closely related Common Redshank, which has a shorter bill and legs, and is brown, becoming somewhat lighter-toned in winter.
The breeding song is a creaking whistle, the alarm call a disyllabic whistle. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates.