Greenshank or Marsh Sandpiper? (1 Viewer)

[Schwalbe]

Hello, Greenshank or Marsh Sandpiper? For me the bill is not really upturned to be a Greenshank...seen in Fehmarn, Ostsee Germany

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

The bill and everything else are normal for Greenshank. Marsh Sandpiper has a much finer bill.

 

[Schwalbe]

The bill and everything else are normal for Greenshank. Marsh Sandpiper has a much finer bill.

Hi Andrew, thanks for the fast reply and confirmation, much appreciated!

 

[TheBlackGrouse]

Often, bird guides don't show what you see in the field. For instance, a Green Sandpiper looks brown on paper but outside it's black and white when flying, totally different from the brown Wood Sandpiper.

Everything looks fragile and thin with a Marsh Sandpiper: the bill, the legs, the body. When I saw my first one it was with extreme backlight, couldn't see any color, still it was obvious, the silhouette says it all.

 

[Schwalbe]

Often, bird guides don't show what you see in the field. For instance, a Green Sandpiper looks brown on paper but outside it's black and white when flying, totally different from the brown Wood Sandpiper.

Everything looks fragile and thin with a Marsh Sandpiper: the bill, the legs, the body. When I saw my first one it was with extreme backlight, couldn't see any color, still it was obvious, the silhouette says it all.

Cheers, very true, don't live by the coast or near migrating bird hotspots so I will need more wader exposure to become familiar with them...

 

[TheBlackGrouse]

Cheers, very true, don't live by the coast or near migrating bird hotspots so I will need more wader exposure to become familiar with them...

That was the same for me when I grew up but on small inland heathland pools we have Common, Green and Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Curlew, Godwit so I'm a bit used to them. Things really go wrong for me when I meet the small Sandpipers though