Is it possible to ID this Sandpiper? (France) (1 Viewer)

[Gduff]

It was very distant from me.
https://youtu.be/E42vDpQgbUA
https://youtu.be/7H4JQRxVNdM

(better watch it in 1024p)

It must be a Green/Wood Sandpiper, but I have the feeling this bird has very long legs, as if it was like a Lesser Yellowlegs. The body is almost always leaning forward.
Is it usual?
Maybe I had this feeling because there is very few water where the bird feeds?

Thank you

 

[Hotspur]

It was very distant from me.
https://youtu.be/E42vDpQgbUA
https://youtu.be/7H4JQRxVNdM

(better watch it in 1024p)

It must be a Green/Wood Sandpiper, but I have the feeling this bird has very long legs, as if it was like a Lesser Yellowlegs. The body is almost always leaning forward.
Is it usual?
Maybe I had this feeling because there is very few water where the bird feeds?

Thank you

The long legs, needle bill and jizz give me a Marsh Sandpiper feel but I haven't got loads of experience with this species.

 

[Phil Carter]

Greenshank?

Phil

 

[Touty]

Beak looks too heavy for Marsh Sandpiper. Not Green or Wood Sandpiper (legs too long). Greenshank is suggested but as I've never seen a yellowlegs ...

 

[Nutcracker]

Greenshank for me too.

If it were Greater Y'legs, I'd think you'd get at least a glint of bright yellow on the legs in the sun, but they're always dull throughout the videos.

 

[Rotherbirder]

Is it not a bit short in the bill for Greenshank?

 

[Nutcracker]

Is it not a bit short in the bill for Greenshank?

Wondered that at first, but I think it's just the slender tip being lost to blurring and heat haze.