Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper standing in the shallow water.
Curlew Sandpiper, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/11; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea).

Curlew Sandpiper walking in the shallow water with a macroinvertebrate in its bill.
Curlew Sandpiper, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Five Curlew Sandpipers wading in the shallow water near a Little Egret.
Curlew Sandpiper, 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/10; 1/800 sec.
Curlew Sandpiper standing in the shallow water with a Little Egret just behind it.
Curlew Sandpiper, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 640; f/11; 1/640 sec.