Get Free Checker

greenshank

[ UK /ɡɹˈiːnʃæŋk/ ]
NOUN
  1. large European sandpiper with greenish legs

How To Use greenshank In A Sentence

  • Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
  • Two globally endangered species -- spoon-billed sandpiper and Nordmann's greenshank -- were also spotted in Sonadia. The Daily Star
  • Wild fowl in great variety visit the island, and the low-lying land within the sea-wall is the favourite haunt of many sea-birds; and several varieties of plover, the redshank, greenshank, sandpiper, and snipe may be found there. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch
  • Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
  • Another wader from the far north that is already arriving here is the greenshank. Times, Sunday Times
  • In summer, the breeding season, greenshanks are brown, and in winter their plumage turns gray and gray-brown.
  • (_Linota flavirostris_), hen harrier (_Circus cyaneus_), buzzard (_Buteo vulgaris_), redshank (_Totanus calidris_), greenshank (_Totanus cunescens_) and the little auk (_Mergulus alle_). Hertfordshire
  • Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
  • Greenshank breed here as well as other moorland birds. A Guide to Britain's Conservation Heritage
  • Spotted redshank share their forest-marsh nesting grounds with wood sandpipers, greenshank, whimbrel, jack snipe and broad-billed sandpipers.
View all