Buff breasted sandpiper at Blacktoft

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A pic of the sandpiper at Blacktoft sands RSPB

[IanF]

I was down there yesterday but missed that one, a superb shot BTW.

Saw Spotted Redshank, Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Wood Sand and Green Sand not to mention two Bearded Tit females from the Xerox Hide along with a whole lot of other birds. A very good day out indeed :t:

A little disappointed with just three Avocet - they're a bit scarce in my area to the north.

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missed the bearded tits today but all the rest are still showing well and water rail as well

[IanF]

I feel a little better then at having missed the BBS ;)

[Andrew]

Nice shot and you can see the difference between that and Ruff.

[Harry Hussey]

Hi Dave,
I agree with Andrew, a nice shot. Interestingly, the bird is an adult (aged by, among other things, the more rusty-fringed scapulars): reports from North America point to widespread breeding failure by many Arctic-breeding waders due to a cold wet spring and summer, and certainly any American waders that I have heard of or seen over here so far this autumn have been adults, or at least subadults, with none of the more expected juveniles.
Harry

[Andrew]

Is a Buff-breasted similiar in size to a Ruff or closer to a Green/Common Sand?

[tom mckinney]

Hi Dave,

Great pic. Hope it hangs around til tomorrow. I bet the Xerox hide at Blacktoft is fun today - NOT! I reckon it could collapse with 6 billion Bank Holiday birders crammed in.

By the way, do you reckon your joke about about hamsters and sellotape would get deleted if I posted it? :-)

Tom.

[CJW]

By the way, do you reckon your joke about about hamsters and sellotape would get deleted if I posted it? :-)Yes, probably.

[Darrell Clegg]

Is a Buff-breasted similiar in size to a Ruff or closer to a Green/Common Sand?

Much smaller than a Ruff Andrew - just a bit bigger than a Dunlin.

Darrell

[Andrew]

Much smaller than a Ruff Andrew - just a bit bigger than a Dunlin.

Darrell
Ah, thanks for that Darrell. Now I will know what I am looking at if I find a 'shrunken' Ruff!!!

[tom mckinney]

Ah, thanks for that Darrell. Now I will know what I am looking at if I find a 'shrunken' Ruff!!!

Yes Andrew, a Shruff.

(courtesy of crap jokes when bored at work ltd)

[Tim Allwood]

or a 'shreeve'

god did i just say that? Saddo alert. I'm off for a bottle of rioja B (:

btw Tom, work - what's work :h?:

aint been there for six weeks now ;)

back on Thursday though :C

the joke will certainly be pulled Tom! :eek!:

[rimmer]

Hi tom
if the chicken and the perv joke got pulled then i think the hampster is a no go area
glad to see you recovered from the scillonian 111 trip

PS
can we count each other in the BF200 club

[StevieEvans]

Saw it on Monday morning alongside a juvvy Reeve.
Incredible! Tiny little bird.
Quite Distinctive in flight too.
Certainly my bird of the Year.

We also had juv WoodSand, Ad LittleStint, there were several Water Rails & Beardies about early on, but as the hides filled.....many birds disappeared.
#It never ceases to amaze me how many noisy birders stick their arms out the windows.... :C

SE.

[Ruby]

What a fantastic bird & pic....

I'm glad that someone mentioned about Ruff - cos that was pretty much my first thought when I first saw the photo...."If I saw that in the field, I bet I'd just pass over that as a Ruff!!"

I know that there are some differences, but with Ruff being so variable (and me being prone to c*cking it up)

Quite a relief to hear that there is an obvious size difference - not that I'm planning to bump into a BBS anytime soon.....

[Andrew]

not that I'm planning to bump into a BBS anytime soon.....
But we hope to though! ;)