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On Reeds Beach facing the Delaware Bay, hundreds of migrating, endangered red knot sandpipers feed hungrily on horseshoe crab eggs on Cape May Peninsula, New Jersey.

A Great Egret (Ardea alba) foraging in salt marsh wetlands at Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland

$Taxon name: Whimbrel\nTaxon scientific name: Numenius phaeopus\nLocation: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia$

A Red Knot Feeding along the Delaware Bay

Wattled Crane, Grus caruncula, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, Gruiformes, Gruidae. Threatened and vulnerable.

A great blue heron standing alone in the salt marsh surrounded by fall colors

Large flock of sanderlings (Calidris alba) landing on wooden groins.

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) standing in water, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA

Snettisham spectacular, waders beside the lagoon at Snettisham at high tide. Mediterranean gulls at sunset.

Migration of the greylag geese (Anser anser) at Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

$Taxon name: Little Tern\nTaxon scientific name: Sternula albifrons\nLocation: Central Coast, NSW, Australia$

Migrating Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) ducks are leaving for the southern hibernating areas in autumn and winter.

Great egret (Ardea alba) with elegant breeding plumes standing in a marsh on the Connecticut coast in April. At Hammonasset Beach State Park.

The Red Knot (Calidris canutus) is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions and migrates long distances to winter in southern regions. During the breeding season, they have a reddish-brown plumage, while their non-breeding plumage is grayish. They feed on invertebrates such as mollusks, crustaceans, and marine worms, with horseshoe crab eggs being a particularly important food source during their migration stopovers along the Atlantic coast of North America. Red Knot populations are currently threatened due to habitat loss, hunting, and the effects of climate change on their food sources and breeding areas. The species is considered to be of ecological significance due to its role in the food web and its use as an indicator of ecosystem health.

American oystercatcher, haematopus palliatus, Galápagos Islands.

Avocets flying over the water in the marshland of the Olonne area in Vendee, France

Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on the beach.

Waders, waterfowl, feeding in the natural pond at birding center in Port Aransas, Texas

Greylag Goose on a lakeside nest in Gosforth Nature Reserve, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. This viewed at a distance from a permanent hide.

$Red Knot (Calidris canutus) summer plumage with a few retained winter feathers\n\nEccles-on-sea, Norfolk, UK. July$

Canadian geese taking off, scared by an intruder...

A reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) (Great reed warbler) sings in the reeds in Burgenland, Lake Neusiedl National Park, Austria, Europe

$Taxon name: Little Tern\nTaxon scientific name: Sternula albifrons\nLocation: Central Coast, NSW, Australia$

Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa, Group in flight at Welney, Norfolk, January 2015

Striking image of a grey heron standing in shallow water that has just caught a fish, which is clearly visible in its sharp, orange beak. The water, reeds, aquatic plants and foliage create a serene, natural backdrop, highlighting the bird's elegant posture and focused gaze.

Redshank on a post in the Norfolk wetlands

Heron Bird stands alone in the middle of the swamp looking for fish or other food to hunt.

Shorebird - Red knot Calidris canutus on the beach, wildlife Poland Europe, migratory bird Baltic Sea

A large flock of barnacle gooses is landing on a pasture.

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