Turnstone

The Turnstone has a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts, brown and white or black and white head pattern, white underparts and orange legs.

Turnstones can be found around most of the UK coastline including rocky, sandy and muddy shores and particularly like feeding on seaweed covered rocks, seawalls and jetties. They are present for most of the year. Birds from Northern Europe pass through in July and August and again in spring and birds from Canada and Greenland arrive in August and September and remain until April and May. Non-breeding birds may stay throughout the summer.

Date: 31st January 2007

Location: Southend-on-Sea, Essex