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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave B" data-source="post: 1591584" data-attributes="member: 17754">Yesterday I photographed an extraordinary sand plover at my local wader roost. The race of Lesser Sand Plover we get here is schaeferi, the longest-billed of the atrifrons group. Even so, this bird probably has the longest bill of any Lesser I've ever seen. It also has yellowish legs and seems a good deal bigger than a more typical Lesser in the foreground.Despite these 'pro-Greater' factors, the jizz of the bird was, to my eyes, unmistakably Lesser, and the bill shape (rather thin at the base and with a culmenary bulge limited to the final third) and the fact that it was still largely in breeding plumage add support to the id. There is a undoubted Greater in the background looking toward the camera (second pic).I'd be interested to read other thoughts, and will not be surprised if there are those who think it is a Greater! As has been said many times, this pair can be very tricky!CheersDave</blockquote>