Knot Calidris canutus

Stocky wader, often forming dense flocks in flight

Habitat: estuaries and shores

Common winter visitor and passage migrant to the UK; breeds in Siberia

In winter grey above, white below; in summer mottled chestnut upperparts, chestnut below

Larger than dunlin with short bill; feeds fast on shoreline, constantly picking at food items

Eats molluscs, crustaceans and worms; shows wingbar in flight

Nest is a lined hollow

1 Brood; 4 pale green eggs spotted brown