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Crab plovers (Dromas ardeola).
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Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata), instantly recognisable by its distinctive down curved bill.
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Dunlin (Calidris alpina), also known as red-backed sandpiper.
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Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta).
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Marsh sandpipers (Tringa stagnatilis). Most sandpipers are northern-latitude breeders that in many cases undertake amazing migrations to the southern extreme of the globe.
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Pallas’ gulls (Icththyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gulls.
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A pair of brown-headed gulls. These birds breed in the high plateaus of Ladakh to Mongolia and winter on the coasts and large inland lakes of the Indian subcontinent.
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Little tern (Sternula albifrons) which, as its name suggests, is a small bird, 21–25 centimetres long with a 41–47-centimetre wingspan.
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Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), which travels more than 10,000 kilometres in seven days.
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Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia), famed for its long-distance migratory flying.
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Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola).
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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris).
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Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres).
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A pair of Heuglins gulls (Larus heuglini).
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