The Rhône is a major axis of river transport. Barge river transport carrying containers on rivers and canals is an environmentally friendly alternative to road transport because it consumes five times less fuel.
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Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) in flight
River traffic is booming. Its assets are very numerous, especially for the transport of goods. The Grand Avignon is in a privileged geographical situation.
L 37-42cm, WS 63-74cm. Breeds on extensive wet meadows, grassy marshes, boggy moorland. On passage and in winter, frequents mainly estuaries, saltings, coastal mudflats and lagoons; also inland marshes. This beautiful wader is a quite common breeding Bird in the Netherlands in the described Habitats.
A medium sized shorebird feeding on its stop in Germany during the fall migration of 2022.
Bar-tailed Godwits hold the record for the longest non-stop flight of any bird, covering around 7,000 miles during their migration from Alaska to New Zealand. Quite the avian marathon!
Marbled Godwit feeding in shallow water
Long distance migratory bird found in NZ in summer.
Taxon name: Bar-tailed Godwit Taxon scientific name: Limosa lapponica Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Bar-tailed godwits in flight with water in the background
Migrating shorebirds including: Godwits, Curlews, Pied Stilts, Plovers, Knots, Sandpipers Broome, Western Australia, Australia
A long legged shorebird photographed from a low angle view walking and foraging in water.
Bar-tailed godwit in flight with blue water in the background
Rolleboise, France - 07/04/2019 : A barge and its cargo, pushed by its tug, slowly goes up the Seine towards Paris, a sunny afternoon of July. The river is lined with cultivated fields
Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) at the Miranda Shorebird Centre, North Island, New Zealand.
A flock of Black Tailed Godwits (and one or two starlings) suddenly launch themselves from the estuary sands into the bright sunlight.
Bar-tailed godwits in their natural habitat
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica large wader, Scolopacidae, breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra and winters on coasts in tropical regions of the Old World, Australia and New Zealand.
Photo of black-tailed godwits in a lagoon in the Ribatejo district in Portugal.
Large wader that spends its summer in Australasian countries
Hge flock of waders in flight, filling the whole frame
Incredible migratory bird that summers in Australasia
Two species of sandpipers, greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) and marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa), flying against an overcast (foggy) sky over mudflats of San Francisco Bay, Mountain View, California, USA.
With its long beak, white-barred wings and namesake tail, the Black-Tailed Godwit is a distinctive and elegant bird.
a black-tailed godwit taking off from a post in het Sofia polder, the Netherlands
Godwit in wet meadow in Marken, Netherlands
A black-tailed godwit (Limosa Limosa) just returned for this season and walks elegant on farmland with afternoon sunlight in front of him. Most of the European population breed in the Netherlands.
Black-tailed godwit on lookout, calling.
Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) standing in Meadow.
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Black-tailed godwit standing on a pole to keep watch while the chicks are in the field
Flock of Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Oare, Kent, England, UK, wildlife reserve, stop over for many bird species migrating south during the autumn and winter months.
Incredible migratory bird that summers in Australasia
Illustration of a Nest of Limosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit)
Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight. Vector silhouette a flock of birds
Large wader that spends its summer in Australasian countries
Rolleboise, France - 07/04/2019 : Two cruise ships, intended for river excursions on the Seine, leave the lock of Méricourt, pass in front of the island of Sablonnière and sail towards Paris.
Juvenile black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in a Dutch polder in Eemnes (the Netherlands)
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