Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
- Burhinidae
- Charadriidae
- Chionidae
- Dromadidae
- Glareolidae
- Haematopodidae
- Ibidorhynchidae
- Jacanidae
- Laridae
- Pedionomidae
- Pluvianellidae
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
A plover with a long crest and glossy green plumage. It breeds in lowland Britain and is also widespread in lowlands and coastal wetlands in winter.
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruddy Turnstones flip stones and seaweed along shorelines to find insects and small crustaceans underneath.
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
A large wader with long legs and a down-curved bill that uses coastal wetlands and grasslands at different times of year.
- Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
A gull that gathers around watersides and visits Japan mainly in winter.
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Whimbrels in northern Australia are migratory waders that probe mudflats with their long bills.
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
A wader with mottled plumage that blends into woodland and feeds in nearby fields at night.
- Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
A stocky black-and-white shorebird with an orange-red bill.
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
A small wader often seen walking along the water’s edge and bobbing its tail.
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
A shorebird with bright red legs that searches for small animals in coastal mud in the UK.
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and travels to distant coasts during migration. Its belly turns orange-red in breeding plumage.
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
A large plover that breeds in the Arctic and feeds on coastal mudflats during migration and winter. Breeding-plumaged males show a sharp black-and-white pattern.