Shoreham-by-Sea - by the Adur. Males and females very similar, females are larger and have paler and less intensely marked upperparts. But you really need to see them together to tell.

Redshank (Tringa totanus) (09/02/2006) Shoreham-by-Sea - by the Adur. Males and females very similar, females are larger and have paler and less intensely marked upperparts. But you really need to see them together to tell.

Redshank (Tringa totanus) (09/02/2006) Shoreham-by-Sea - by the Adur. It's a distinctive brown wader because of these "redshanks".

Redshank (Tringa totanus) (09/02/2006) Shoreham-by-Sea - by the Adur.

Redshank (Tringa totanus) (14/10/2006) RSPB Pulborough Brooks.