Red legs flash over the green strand
by Jim Perrin from Environment | The Guardian on (#310CD)
Harlech, Gwynedd Redshank circle above Ynys while Roma samphire pickers search the saltings
A flight of redshank, wings elegantly barred and bent, clatter and yelp out of a draining channel as I circle Glastraeth, the "green strand" at the mouth of the river Dwyryd, which was once a crucial Welsh wintering ground for curlews, pintails and geese.
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