Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Locally common resident of 39,000 breeding pairs on inland & coastal marshes which also includes wet meadows & moorlands in Britain & declining migrants, also Winter visitors in Britain.

Also breeds in mainland Europe. 

Also winters in South Africa.

Adults in breeding plumage are almost entirely black.

Winter plumage is very pale.

 They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight.

They have a loud piping call.