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Essex small wader (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mahsleb
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gerdwichers8
Well-known member
Hello Tony, that is a Common Sandpiper.
Mahsleb
Well-known member
Many thanks Gerd :t:
Gaz Shilton
Well-known member
How long ago was this taken?
I thought Common Sand was a Summer visitor.
Could it be Green Sand?
Just a thought if it was taken recently.
I thought Common Sand was a Summer visitor.
Could it be Green Sand?
Just a thought if it was taken recently.
KnockerNorton
Well-known member
Defo common sand. They do winter occasionally, although it might be from ages ago.
Dougie Preston
I live for this S**T
Definitely a Common Sand, and as Poecile says, they will occasionally over Winter. Though your much more likely to find a Green Sand rather than a Common in Winter.
aythya_hybrid
real name Jonathan Dean
Mahsleb works an area that I know well - the River Colne near Wivenhoe in Essex, and I suspect that is where this was taken. I haven't been this winter but last year there were 1-2 wintering Common Sands in that area.
Gaz Shilton
Well-known member
Yep.
Common Sand.
Must swat up on my waders/sandpipers.
Common Sand.
Must swat up on my waders/sandpipers.
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