The Black-tailed Godwit (Grutto; Uferschnepfe; Barge à queue noire; Limosa limosa)

Like the Northern Wheatear, this is another bird i am quite fond of.
Maybe that is just because of their noisiness, especially in and around their mating and breeding season. Or their shows of territoriality and alertness when they often will keep calling either in flight or when perching like this one.

Their calls are a repeated and not to be missed " grútt o !! grútt o !! Grutto being their Dutch name.

This photo was taken in Arkemheenpolder on a late afternoon March day.