Common in places passage migrant. Occurs on grassy shores of rivers and lakes and in flood plains (more rare in steppes), singly or in small groups. In spring arrives in end of April, most of birds migrate in May; last migrants observed in early June. In autumn appears in mid-September, last migrants recorded in of end of October.
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