But without doubt a certain amount of grazing is important for breeding waders. |
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Swimmers and waders accounted for only 37 percent, though many more people swim or wade than surf or windsurf. |
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The meadows are also important for breeding waders including redshank and curlew. |
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In addition to rare plants and wildflowers, you'll find hawks and ospreys lining the river and a host of waders along the shoreline. |
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Lismore Lake provides a variety of habitat for swamp hen, ibis, egrets, and herons as well as many small waders. |
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In waders and shorebirds, which have large eggs for their body size, clutches are usually limited to a maximum of four eggs. |
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If the weather turns rough, your guide can no doubt fit you up with waterproof clothing and waders. |
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Chest waders are good but make sure they've got a boot comfortable enough to allow for hours of walking. |
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I breakfasted, put on my waders, grabbed a couple of rods and commenced to walk the marshy mile or two to the Khuder. |
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Why all neoprene chest high waders don't have a fly zip I will never understand. |
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My waders, which had been perfectly alright the previous week now sprung a leak. |
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La Crosse also has a line of hip boots and waders in various styles for the hunter in extremely wet conditions. |
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The next morning I put on my waders, walked into the water on the Cathedral Stretch, and began to cast. |
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The water becomes so deep at the bottom of Castlegate it is out of bounds to pedestrians without waders or wellingtons. |
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I rudely pushed past an old man in hip waders to reach the gravel road first. |
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Driveways, gardens and entrances were under water and many villagers could not leave their properties without wellies or waders. |
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We also packed our own hip waders for the somewhat less raging portions of the river. |
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More so than any lure or rod and reel, or even watertight waders, the greatest ally of any angler hoping to catch a huge trout is patience. |
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I had some chest waders on, but I decided to stay on the bank until I saw some movement. |
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As I climbed into my chest high waders we chatted about the fishing prospects. |
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Our target species these past weeks were not raptors, waders, or waterfowl, but were, in fact, songbirds, specifically warblers. |
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You'll have to keep your eyes open for smaller birds like warblers and waders as they filter stealthily through your territory. |
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The flooded jheels ensure sheltered feeding and refuge for countless thousands of geese, ducks, storks, herons and waders. |
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You're likely to see waders as well as a variety of herons, stilts, and even the endangered West Indian whistling duck. |
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This development attracts passage migrant waders, nesting lapwing and redshank together with winter wildfowl. |
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He has 120 breeding pairs of waders on his land, including lapwings, curlews and redshanks. |
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Other breeding waders include 19 drumming snipe, 3 pairs of dunlin and 4 pairs of ringed plover. |
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Like most waders, at high water curlew form large roosts on either the highest saltings or on fields and marshes behind the sea walls. |
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Ducks, coots, teals, terns, gulls, cormorants, waders, egrets, plovers and herons are some of the birds that assemble here. |
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There are strong tidal currents in the area as well as mud, which can trap waders and swimmers. |
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A lot of the bird species here, particularly the migratory waders, have been decimated. |
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The tide has driven multitudes of waders onto the shell and shingle banks, where a long line of roosting birds shuffles restlessly. |
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The wet unimproved land and lower input produced by traditional mixed farming systems in the North York Moors are perfect for waders. |
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The smaller waders will feed on the bivalve molluscs and the little worms and that that are actually in the mud and sand. |
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Knots and turnstones are both medium-sized waders that inhabit intertidal coastal areas outside the breeding season. |
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Away from the coast, moorland supports smaller numbers of birds, including waders which are drawn to the bog pools. |
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They show high numbers of breeding waders in contrast to unmanaged unkeepered moors, which had very low numbers. |
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It's a big river where you need a good strong wading staff, a buoyancy aid and chest high waders to reap the river's rich rewards. |
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Ask any fisherman what his greatest enemies are and high on the list will come midges, flat calms and leaking waders. |
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They've become almost as common as carrion crows and are killing not only game birds but many waders. |
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Repairing holey waders long has been one of those frustrating bits of business for waterfowlers. |
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The north Kent marshes, which run from Gravesend to Whitstable, are a home and breeding ground for ducks, geese, swans and waders. |
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The visibility of the water would have been clouded at the time of the incident had there been any swimmers, paddlers or waders in this area. |
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It's known, however, that species ranging from pelican to ducks and waders are caught for consumption. |
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One aspect of the trip was the Norwegian disinfecting methods of all fishing equipment, waders, fishing rods, even flies and spinners. |
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Most surf waders use elongated popping corks to keep shrimp suspended in the fast lane for quality fish such as trout, mackerel and pompano. |
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The waders, curlews, plovers and lapwing were there long before the hedgehogs were introduced. |
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Both circled high over the estuary, sharply-pointed wings alternately flapping and gliding as the great birds searched for ducks and waders. |
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Keeping us company were a demoiselle crane on the shore and a flock of waders in the water. |
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View the pools and lagoons to see migrant waders like greenshanks and spotted redshanks. |
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One Hickling nest was built on the top of an abandoned coot's nest and in water so deep that the keeper had difficulty in reaching it clad in thigh waders. |
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Indeed, moments later, the gentlemen would walk under a black tent set up for the camera monitors and unsnap the top of their waders, pointing themselves at the fan just so. |
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Without doubt, these breathable waders are excellent and the best. |
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I would also advise you take a good waterproof coat and some thigh waders. |
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And while the local migratory birds are flying out, the foreign ones like mallards, pintails, teals, shovelers, pochards, waders and curlews are coming in. |
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No wonder the North Kent Marshes is the winter home of an estimated 200,000 wildfowl and waders and that its biodiversity is regarded as being of international importance. |
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He, of course, was wading the Tweed in February, without waders. |
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In Scotland, gamekeepers blame the buzzard, a protected bird, for the deaths of thousands of partridges, pheasants, and waders such as curlews and plovers. |
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I was expecting to see puffins, exciting divers and a variety of waders. |
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Now, over the years I have suffered a lot with cold feet at times so it's always been important to me to get the best, warmest types of wellies or waders available. |
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A giant among waders, the curlew is unmistakable with long bill and legs. |
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The mid-May surf run was a bonus for waders and pier and jetty fishermen. |
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A new survey has revealed that populations of waders such as lapwing, curlew and snipe are thriving because land is being managed with their needs in mind. |
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The Norfolk coast, renowned for its wealth of wintering wildfowl and waders, continues to attract parties of ever-elusive and enigmatic shorelarks. |
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A governor who doesn't zip down to Argentina for a little feathered sport isn't worth his waders. |
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There is no doubt that to fish in Ireland, thigh waders are a must. |
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When moving around a stream or river in waders, the angler should carry as little equipment as possible and slide feet forward, not step, to avoid losing balance. |
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He had a spear, and was demonstrating tribal techniques for catching fish, joking with Jim, who was wearing waders and using a traditional fishing pole. |
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The sky is busy with gulls and the exposed sands and stones are playgrounds to coastal waders, including oyster catchers, cormorants and sandpipers. |
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They scan the flocks of seabirds and waders and warblers intently, because they know that, in the midst of a thousand common birds, there may be one rare bird hitching a ride. |
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It is vital to keep warm when standing waist deep in chilly water for the day, and waders could be considered the most important item in an angler's wardrobe. |
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The more common-type waders are black-tailed godwit and four or five different types of sandpipers, redshanks and greenshanks. |
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The island supports some of the most important populations of breeding waders in the British Isles, such as dunlin, redshank and oystercatcher. |
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As it rots, the sand flies it abounds in provide rich feeding for flocks of starlings and other passerines, wintering waders, gulls and others. |
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Seabird migration is similar in pattern to those of the waders and waterfowl. |
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Many waders have sensitive nerve endings at the end of their bills which enable them to detect prey items hidden in mud or soft soil. |
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The blanket bog further inland also provides a good habitat for breeding waders, such as Golden Plover, Dunlin and Snipe. |
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One study of part of the cytochrome b gene sequence found a close relationship between terns and a group of waders in the suborder Thinocori. |
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The peculiar presbyornithids were used to argue for a close relationship between flamingos, waterfowl, and waders. |
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Part of the bay is a nature reserve, with seashore habitats including mudflats and salt marsh with migrating waders and wildfowl. |
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Some American gulls, ducks and waders are regular enough not to be considered rare. |
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A small family of medium to large waders with strong black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. |
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Some examples are hooks, lines, sinkers, floats, rods, reels, baits, lures, spears, nets, gaffs, traps, waders and tackle boxes. |
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Victor sat on a rock and tried to strip off his waders, his body shaking so much that he couldn't get a decent grip. |
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Ducks, geese and swans, waders and more unusual birds like kingfishers, ravens, crossbills and water rails, all take advantage of the reserve. |
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Some waders are still on their way north and last week saw the highest counts for some areas for species such as Whimbrel and Oystercatcher. |
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Wood Sandpiper, Knot and Whimbrels are among the waders there over the weekend. |
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These birds mainly consist of water fowl, hobara bustard, cranes, teals, pintail, mallard, geeze, spoon bills, waders, palicons and gadwall. |
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Last week saw a big arrival of waders in the region, notably Black-tailed Godwits returning from Iceland. |
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Other waders of interest were three Dotterel in a ploughed field in Yr Allt, Llanfaelog, Anglesey. |
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Nobody's freezing, leaky waders are no biggy, and the only threats are chiggers and snakes. |
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The vegetation and wet environment has encouraged breeding waders such as northern lapwing and snipe to make themselves at home. |
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This bird is one of the most common waders throughout its breeding and wintering ranges, and it is the species with which other waders tend to be compared. |
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For some species of waders, migration success depends on the availability of certain key food resources at stopover points along the migration route. |
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Other waders here over the weekend included four grey phalaropes at Porthmadog and singles at Criccieth, Malltraeth, Cefni estuary and near Holyhead. |
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The estuary is a major wildlife area and one of the most important estuaries in Britain, amongst the most important in Europe for its populations of waders and wildfowl. |
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Nationally important populations of breeding waders are present in the Outer Hebrides, including common redshank, dunlin, lapwing and ringed plover. |
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The water stays at a numbing 40 degrees, enough to make you wonder where your feet went after a couple of hours of wading, even in neoprene waders and extra thermal underwear. |
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One of the oldest local reserves in the county, built from reclaimed land in 1771, it provides an important habitat for migratory wildfowl and waders. |
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The sides of the estuary are also important feeding grounds for waders, notably at the Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve and the Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust. |
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The wetlands are of international significance for many waterbirds including whistling ducks, sarus cranes, pied herons, brolgas and waders, Cr Pascoe said. |
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Other birds which nest on the moors around Huddersfield include the golden plover, meadow pipit, skylark, lapwing and several types of breeding waders. |
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Over 10,000 wildfowl and 20,000 waders winter on the estuary. |
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Banded stilts are unusual in that unlike other waders their breeding seems to be reserved for rare occasions when most of the species congregate on individual salt lakes. |
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