Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt standing in the shallow water.
Black-winged Stilt, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/11; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus). My first observation (below) was from high above the water on a very windy cliff.

Six Black-winged Stilts ad one Yellow-legged gull wading in the shallow water.
Black-winged Stilt, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Spain, July 28, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Black-winged Stilt coming in with wings stretched for a water landing.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Black-winged Stilt coming in with wings cupped and legs poised for a water landing.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Black-winged Stilt touching down for a water landing.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Black-winged Stilt folding its wings after a successful water landing.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Three Black-winged Stilts walking in the shallow water near the far shore.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Three Black-winged Stilts walking in the shallow water near the top of the reservoir.
Black-winged Stilt, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Black-winged Stilt wading in the grassy water.
Black-winged Stilt, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 16 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 20,000; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Black-winged Stilt wading in the grassy water.
Black-winged Stilt, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 16 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 51,200; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Black-winged Stilt wading in the grassy water.
Black-winged Stilt, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 16 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 51,200; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Black-winged Stilt wading in the shallow water.
Black-winged Stilt, Christou River, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 1250; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Black-winged Stilt wading in the shallow water and trying to get some food.
Black-winged Stilt, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 3200; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Two Black-winged Stilts walking in the very shallow water.
Black-winged Stilt, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Black-winged Stilt standing on a very small island.
Black-winged Stilt, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Black-winged Stilt standing on one leg in shallow water.
Black-winged Stilt, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 17 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/10; 1/800 sec.