Portrait of a male Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) concentrating on the plumage
RFID:Image ID:C81PFW
Image details
Contributor:
Tim James/Mabel Gray / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
C81PFWFile size:
38.4 MB (1.1 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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4420 x 3036 px | 37.4 x 25.7 cm | 14.7 x 10.1 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
10 June 2011Location:
UKMore information:
The ruff is a medium-sized wading bird. It has a long neck, a small head, a rather short slightly droopy bill and medium-long orange or reddish leg. In flight it shows a faint wing-stripe and oval white patches either side of the tail. It breeds in a very few lowland sites in eastern England, and it appears that numbers are dropping. It is a migrant but in the UK some birds are present all year round. Many young birds from Scandinavia visit the UK in late summer, then migrating on to Africa.