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I was appalled at the damage that the barrage did to this area and in particular the impact on the numbers of Redshank and Dunlin in the Bristol Channel.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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They had been preparing for a rush, a real Redshank, painted and feathered, descent upon her, when something in her sorrowful attitude becomes known to them.
April's Lady A Novel Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
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Other 'species pairs' include the Greenshank and Marsh Sandpiper (we found a beautiful Marsh Sandpiper, finely built and pale with a needle thin bill and slender greenish legs), Redshank and Spotted Redshank as well as Green Sandpiper and Wood Sandpiper.
unknown title 2009
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Redshank (Persicaria maculosa, formerly Polygonum persicaria)
Seeds Aside 2009
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Burton NHK, Armitage MJS (2005) Differences in the diurnal and nocturnal use of intertidal feeding grounds by Redshank
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John P. McCarty et al. 2009
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Redshank -- a type of wader -- have declined for the third year running, reaching its lowest level for 20 years.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2008
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In THE MARSHY AND LOW-LYING LANDS _the Snipe_ and _the Redshank_ find congenial breeding quarters.
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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Treasurer; "and, as a burgess of the town, he is to be distinguished from John Elder" the Redshank, "who fled at this time into England.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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