More Waders Passing Through Islamabad

Swabi Birder has been out and about around Rawal Lake again this weekend. If you look closely at one of the photographs he took below you will see a clue as to why Rawal Lake has such magnetic properties for migrating wader species. Hatching flies can be found in enormous numbers and they are consumed in huge quantities by hungry birds refuelling during interruptions to their journeys.
Common Redshank and a Kentish Plover
Common Sandpiper fly catching?
Ruddy Shelduck

Kentish Plovers in full breeding plumage and a Temminck's Stint




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