A shorebird with bright red legs that searches for small animals in coastal mud in the UK.
Its legs are bright orange-red, and the base of its bill is orange too. Its back and wings are brown and speckled, while its belly is paler.
In the UK, Redshanks gather on coastal mudflats in winter and probe mud and shallow water for small animals. In spring, they move to coastal marshes and wet grasslands inland.
In Britain it conceals nests in grass or rush tussocks on wet grassland and saltmarsh. The usual clutch is four eggs, incubated by both sexes for about 24 days.
Downy chicks can walk and feed themselves soon after leaving the nest. They shelter in tall vegetation near damp feeding patches and eat insects along pools and ditches.
In flight, broad white areas mark the rear of the wings and a white rump patch tapers up the back. The tail is barred. Winter plumage is paler and plainer above and below.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.