The birds are diverse, including greenshanks, dunlins, spotted redshanks, pipits and dunlins. These birds resemble common redshanks in shape and size. Many redshanks came from the clans of the Hebrides. Common redshanks in breeding plumage are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. From Hugh Roe O'Donnell, his ally, Hugh O'Neill enlisted Scottish mercenaries (known as Redshanks). Oystercatchers, redshanks and curlews are common and, in summer, there are flocks of sandwich terns. Popular species of birds sighted here are coots, black-winged stilts and redshanks. He hired 1,200 Scottish mercenaries (i.e. redshanks), making sure they were all Catholics. Redshanks are closely related to the more abundant Chamise ("Adenostoma fasciculatum"). Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities.