actitis hypoleucos

This chap walked right underneath me on the edge of La Charca pond in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria

Chevalier guignette - Actitis hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper in the rain

On our travels we called in at the Princess Royal Ponds as I called them. The day before we'd seen a Sandpiper, but he landed in a very dark patch and I couldn't get a decent picture. This day he was further off, but out in the open. The only way I could get a picture, was to find a bush up on...

I never seem to get close views of these delightful little waders, but can't resist trying to get pictures of them. Our next outing (after yet another hospital stay!) was to Usk and the surrounding area. We started with a visit to a garden centre we'd been to before, where they have a feeding...

This guy was so distant, I wasn't too sure what it was until I had it up on the screen. Early May they were just arriving into the country after their winter holiday. Although we'd seen one on Mull the day before, I wasn't expecting to see one on Coll for some reason.

A Common Sandpiper with an identity problem. Every single rock in sight he would hop onto, onto the next and so on. Reckon he thinks hes a Penguin?

Common Sandpiper keeping company with what I think is a Ringed Plover (any confirm most welcome) but I could not get a sight on the bill.

On the banks of the Ganges river, the sandpiper looked out for food amongst the waste and muddy water shores.

Spoted at Ponta So Loureno, Madeira Island

AAP Not all my digiscoped pictures are as dull as these last three, but I'm glad to have them all for different reasons. This was taken on the last day of the Strathspey Bash, after the group had broken up and I spent the afternoon with Ken and Evelyn (both of whom died last year). This...

Another new bird for my river walk. Two flew out from under the near bank and shouted at each other as they flew across the river. One disappeared, but this one landed in full sun on a very white rock and I had no idea what to do with the camera settings to get a picture. I tried Auto...