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VoluntaryRanger

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Saw this 2 days ago at Leighton Moss. It was apart from the Redshanks and seemed more slightly built. It was fairly distant but one shot showed pale coloured legs which looked slightly greenish. I think that may preclude a juvenile Redshank. Someone has suggested it is, however, a juv Redshank although someone else thought it might be a Wood Sandpiper. I apologise for the quality of the photos and hope someone can make something out of them. The second shot shows a Redshank in the foreground.
 

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Thanks all. Having looked at the write up on the confusion possibilities between juv Redshank and Wood Sand I have to agree it's a juv Redshank. No obvious supercilium and cap effect that a Wood Sand would show.
 
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