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Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.It resembles a longer-legged and more delicate Green (T. ochropus) or Solitary Sandpiper (T. solitaria) with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. It differs from the first of those species in a smaller and less contrasting white rump patch, while the Solitary Sandpiper has no white rump patch at all.
The Wood Sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa and southern Asia, particularly India. Vargant birds have been seen as far into the Pacific as the Hawaiian Islands. In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to the Marianas Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands about once per decade. This species is encountered in the western Pacific region between mid-October and mid-May
this bird is usually found on freshwater during migration and wintering. They forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud, and mainly eat insects and similar small prey

Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.It resembles a longer-legged and more delicate Green (T. ochropus) or Solitary Sandpiper (T. solitaria) with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. It differs from the first of those species in a smaller and less contrasting white rump patch, while the Solitary Sandpiper has no white rump patch at all.
The Wood Sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa and southern Asia, particularly India. Vargant birds have been seen as far into the Pacific as the Hawaiian Islands. In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to the Marianas Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands about once per decade. This species is encountered in the western Pacific region between mid-October and mid-May
this bird is usually found on freshwater during migration and wintering. They forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud, and mainly eat insects and similar small prey

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a medium-sized wader that breeds on marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. This highly gregarious sandpiper is migratory, and sometimes forms huge flocks in its winter grounds, which include southern, and Western Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australia. The Ruff is a long-necked, pot-bellied bird. The female has one brood per year and lays four eggs in a well-hidden ground nest, incubating the eggs and rearing the chick on her own. The Ruff forages in wet grassland and soft mud, probing or searching by sight for edible items. It primarily feeds on insects, especially in the breeding season, but it will consume plant material,

Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) This is a subarctic bird, breeding from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. It is a migratory species, wintering in Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australasia, usually on fresh water. It breeds on dry ground near marshy areas, laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. Common Greenshanks are brown in breeding plumage, and grey-brown in winter. When in water, they can appear very similar to Marsh Sandpipers but are distinguished by the shape of the lower bill which gives it an upturned appearance to the bill. They have long greenish legs and a long bill with a grey base

Pukeko [Porphyrio porphyrio] other common names: Purple Gallinue / Purple Swamp hen. Is a native of New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania. Abundant throughout New Zealand, in rough damp pasture near wetlands. Pukeko is slightly larger than the Australian Swamp hen of the same sub species a deep almost iridescent indigo blue. The back and wings black with a greenish gloss, under tail coverts are pure white, scarlet bill, orange-red legs. Pukeko live in groups of 3–12 individuals. Large, untidy, shallow cup shaped or deep cup shaped. Often less than 1 meter from water or over shallow water, typically well hidden in the middle of a clump of New Zealand raupo Nests are built by the males. When Pukeko live in communal groups, often two or three female birds will share the same nest each female lays up to six buff-coloured eggs with blotches of brown or purple at the larger end. They can also be described as reddish-cream with variable red-brown spots and purple blotches all over. Both sexes incubate the eggs Young offspring help in feeding and caring of chicks.