Sandpiper ID, N Germany, 09/2018 (1 Viewer)

[Sangahyando]

I'd like some ID help/confirmation on this oddly-coloured fellow I found today, at a lagoon next to the Baltic coast in Holstein. In terms of size, it was more or less similar to a Common Sandpiper, and visibly smaller than a Snipe (there were no Dunlins present). The only possibility I can think of is Broad-billed Sandpiper, but having never seen the species before, I want to make sure.

I have three more pics of the bird, but none from a closer distance. Both pictures are heavily cropped, but I left the snipe in the second one for comparison.

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

I agree, Broad-billed Sandpiper

 

[birdmeister]

Broad-billed Sandpiper to me, too.

 

[Sangahyando]

Thank you both. Although I've never made the same kind of effort to see this species as with some others, it was a very pleasant surprise finding it.