A Turnstone alighting to avoid an incoming wave. Small groups of these little waders can be found all around Orkney but they particularly like rocky shores where they can turn over stones (hence the name) whist looking for invertebrates. Their Orcadian name is staney/stone putter which is just another way of saying Turn-stone! They aren't confined to rocky shores however, if there's cast kelp on the shore then you can almost guarantee there will be Turstones amongst it picking out Kelp fly larave. In poor weather with very high tides you might even see them in farmland adjacent to the shore.
You can often get quite close to them without even knowing they are there such is the effectiveness of their plumage blending in with the rocks and seaweed. Once they take off though their legs reveal a lovely shock of bright orange.
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