If you venture regularly to coastal wetlands such as Alfred Cove you have probably seen a bird flying tourist all the way from the Arctic to the summer in Perth.

Away Arctic has preventive worldwide For some reason this large energetic wader prefers to breed in the frigid wastes of the northern polar regions before heading south to southern Europe and Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Greenshanks arrive in the Perth area between September and November and spend the summer hunting in the shallows for insects, crustaceans, worms and molluscs.
Wading about in knee-deep water, they are very active feeders, dashing back and forth on their long yellowish-green legs and pecking at everything that moves.
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