Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: English: Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) Foraging in shallow drain. The salt marshes below the village of Salthouse - an area encompassing 66 hectares of coastal grazing marsh populated by saltmarsh plants and traversed by brackish dykes and drains - are one of a number of important sites for migrating and breeding bird species such as avocet, redshank, lapwing, meadow pipit, skylark, reed bunting and sedge and reed warblers. A shingle bank protects the marshland from the North Sea. Avocets are black and white patterned waders with a long up-curved beak. The avocet is the emblem of the RSPB and its return in the 1940s and subsequent increase in numbers represents one of the most successful conservation and protection projects. Avocets can be seen on coastal lagoons on the east coast in summer and the Exe estuary in winter. The birds feed on aquatic insects and their larvae, crustaceans and worms. There are an estimated 877 breeding pairs in the UK.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/a/avocet/index.asp. Date: 31 May 2008. Source: From
geograph.org.uk. Author:
Evelyn Simak. Attribution(
required by the license)InfoFieldEvelyn Simak / Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) /
CC BY-SA 2.0. InfoFieldEvelyn Simak / Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta). Camera location
52° 57′ 18″ N, 1° 05′ 49″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 52.955000; 1.097000. Object location
52° 57′ 18″ N, 1° 05′ 46″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 52.955020; 1.096100.