Archive for the ‘Knots’ Category

• Red knot

  Aug 16 | Knots, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1864 Views | with No Comments

  The Red knot – Calidris canutus is a medium sized wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a Holarctic summer breeder in the Arctic Cordillera, it winters S in the Tropics and Australasia. In the AWB Region it is found on...

• Great knot

  Aug 15 | Knots, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1777 Views | with No Comments

  The Great knot – Calidris tenuirostris is a medium sized wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder in the far E Asian Arctic and migrates S to SE Asia and Australasia. In the AWB Region it winters along the...