Devon wader i.d please 🙏 (1 Viewer)

[MattG]

This is bugging me as it comes up as a Greenshank on the I.d but the bill should be slightly upturned and legs light green not dark ?
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[Andrew Whitehouse]

It's okay for Greenshank. It's hard to judge the leg colour in this photo.

 

[MattG]

 

[MattG]

Thanks Andrew, it just looked different to the other greenshank I was looking at which had lighter green legs

 

[MattG]

 

[Butty]

it just looked different to the other greenshank

The bill is distinctly odd for a greenshank: narrow at the base and fine-tipped - as well as straight. Though it seems insufficiently needle-like and delicate for marsh sandpiper, and the bird lacks a decent supercilium.

 

[MattG]

Cheers Butty, what do you reckon then ? 🤔

 

[The Kerreran]

Looks very much like a Greenshank to me, albeit with an aberrant bill; perhaps damaged in the past? You do see birds now and again with very oddly-shaped bills for various reasons.
The 'dark' legs can be explained by lighting, mud [Greenshanks will happily wade belly-deep, and muddy water can alter apparent leg colour in interesting ways], or even individual variation.

 

[MattG]

Thanks 😊

 

[WalterRayle]

Certainly looks like a Greenshank to me.

 

[Mike Ball]

Greenshank for me, albeit with an oddly straight bill.