Wader ID Scotland (2 Viewers)

[Baldoon57]

I saw this wader today, it was in the distance but my first thought was Greenshank, from southwest Scotland, any help appreciated.

 

[Butty]

Yes - eg bill shape.

 

[Baldoon57]

Yes - eg bill shape.

Thanks Butty for your quick reply.

 

[01101001]

Why so slender, leggy, cute-faced and thin-billed? Bill not very curved if at all.

 

[THE_FERN]

Why so slender, leggy, cute-faced and thin-billed? Bill not very curved if at all.

Do you mean isn't it a marsh sandpiper? No it's not. Bill appears thinner than it should as the surroundings have "burnt into" the bill. The bill is curved upwards, enough to rule out marsh imho. The bird also appears rather portly for that species

 

[KenM]

Imo it’s a very odd looking Greenshank😮 with such a “small thin” bill….image 2 for reference?
Presumably the “burnt into” mentioned, could apply equally to the surrounding grasses and sedges as well?
That said, I wouldn’t have expected a Marsh Sandpiper in SW Scotland during January nor a Golden Oriole in Cornwall (assuming it’s still around?)….dunno.

 

[Butty]

Presumably the “burnt into” mentioned, could apply equally to the surrounding grasses and sedges as well?

Correct. How do you know it isn't? You're a much better birder than botanist*, so you would expect to be more struck by an apparently-over-narrow wader's bill than by an apparently-over-narrow bit of 'grass/sedge'.
* It's probably Juncus - neither grass nor sedge.

 

[KenM]

Correct. How do you know it isn't? You're a much better birder than botanist*, so you would expect to be more struck by an apparently-over-narrow wader's bill than by an apparently-over-narrow bit of 'grass/sedge'.
* It's probably Juncus - neither grass nor sedge.

🤣

 

[Rotherbirder]

As Butty says, its a Greenshank. No need for 'overthinking!'

RB

 

[Harrybongo]

As Butty says, its a Greenshank. No need for 'overthinking!'

RB

🤔 🤔 🤔.......... 🤔 🤔 🤔......... Greenshank!