Two Pied Avocets. Both adult females.

Watching from close range, I could hear the sound of the bill slicing through the water — "jyak, jyak."

It had caught what looked like a small snail.

A Pied Avocet at a different location from the two above.

Common Redshank, juvenile (foreground) and adult.

Wintering Common Snipe. There were close to ten in the same paddy field.

Dunlin, adult winter plumage.

Common Greenshank, adult.