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Waders - Limicoli. Western ponds of Florence area

Avocet - Avocetta (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Black-winged Stilt - Cavaliere d'Italia (Himantopus himantopus)
Little Ringed Plover - Corriere piccolo (Charadrius dubita)
Wood Sandpiper - Piro piro boschereccio (Tringa glareola)
Green Sandpiper - Piro piro culbianco (Tringa ochrophus)
Common Sandpiper - Piro piro piccolo (Actitis hypoleucos)
Redshank - Pettegola (Tringa totanus)
Spotted Redshank - Totano moro (Tringa erythropus)
Greenshank - Pantana (Tringa nebularia)
Black-tailed Godwit - Pittima reale (Limosa limosa)
Snipe - Beccaccino (Gallinago gallinago)
Ruff - Combattente (Philomachus pugnax)


Black-tailed Godwit - Pittima reale. Cavalieri Pond, April 2019

Florence, Tuscany
Avocets - Avocette. Cavalieri Pond, March, 2018

Florence, Tuscany
Avocet - Avocetta. Cavalieri Pond, March, 2018

Florence, Firenze, Tuscany
Avocet - Avocetta. Cavalieri Pond, March, 2018

Avocets - Avocette. Cavalieri Pond, March, 2018

Avocets - Avocette. Cavalieri Pond, March, 2018
Florence, Firenze, Tuscany
Black-winged Stilt - Cavaliere d'Italia. Querciola Pond, May 2018

Florence
Black-winged Stilt - Cavaliere d'Italia. Cavalieri Pond, March 2018 
Black-winged Stilt - Cavaliere d'Italia. Cavalieri Pond, March 2018

Black-winged Stilts - Cavalieri d'Italia. Querciola Pond, April 2019

Black-winged Stilts - Cavalieri d'Italia. Querciola Pond, April 2018

Black-winged Stilt - Cavaliere d'Italia. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018 


Black-winged Stilts - Cavalieri d'Italia. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018

Tuscany
Little Ringed Plover - Corriere piccolo. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018

wader, limicolo, trampoliere
Little Ringed Plover - Corriere piccolo. Querciola Pond, April 2019
wader
Wood Sandpiper - Piro piro boschereccio. Querciola Pond, April 2019

Wood Sandpipers - Piro piro boscherecci. Querciola Pond, April 2019

Wood Sandpiper - Piro piro boschereccio. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018
Florence, wader
Green Sandpiper - Piro piro culbianco. Cavalieri Pond, March 2019

Green Sandpiper - Piro piro culbianco. Cavalieri Pond, March 2018

Green Sandpiper - Piro piro culbianco. Cavalieri Pond, March 2014
Common Sandpiper - Piro piro piccolo. Querciola Pond, August 2018

Common Sandpiper - Piro piro piccolo. Querciola Pond, April 2019
Redshank, with Shoveler (f) and Teals - Pettegola, con Mestolone (f) e Alzavole.
Querciola Pond, February 2018
Spotted Redshank - Totano moro. Querciola Pond, August 2018

Spotted Redshank - Totano moro. Cavalieri Pond, March 2019

Spotted Redshanks, with Black-tailed Godwits - Totano moro, con Pittima reale.
Cavalieri Pond, March 2019
Greenshanks - Pantane, Cavalieri Pond, November 2018

Greenshank - Pantana. Querciola Pond, august 2018
Black-tailed Godwit - Pittima reale. Cavalieri Pond, April 2019

Black-tailed Godwits - Pittime reali. Cavalieri Pond, March 2019


Black-tailed Godwits - Pittime reali. Cavalieri Pond, March 20

Black-tailed Godwits - Pittime reali. Cavalieri Pond, March 20
Snipe - Beccaccino. Querciola Pond, November 2017

Snipe - Beccaccino. Querciola Pond, November 2017

Snipe - Beccaccino. Cavalieri Pond, April 2019

Snipes - Beccaccini. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018
Ruff - Combattente. Cavalieri Pond, April 2018

Ruffs - Combattenti. Cavalieri Pond, March 2018

Ruffs - Combattenti. Cavalieri Pond, March 2018




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