Turnstone (Ruddy Turnstone)
Arenaria interpres
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These birds often summer around our coasts and are sometimes seen to make scrapes and even copulate — most often in the northern islands. In 1976 they may have bred in Sutherland.
The following Bird On! sketch is available:
Turnstone
From
The
State of the Nations Birds
Copyright © 2000 by Chris Mead