Dunlin | Alpenstrandläufer | Calidris alpina

Birds breeding and wintering plumage can be very different.

Wintering Plumage

Wilhelmshaven, Jadebusen bay, North Sea, Germany, February 2021

Canon EOS R6  |  Canon 400 mm  f/5.6 L USM  |  1/1000  |  f 5.6  |  ISO 400

Breeding plumage

Tobseda, Barents sea coast, Arctic Russia, June 2018

Canon EOS 700D  |  Canon 400 mm  f/5.6 L USM  |  1/2500  |  f 5.6  |  ISO 400