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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DoghouseRiley" data-source="post: 3594037" data-attributes="member: 132809">Updated picture etcThe bird was completely on it's own. No wader anywhere near it. For those that know the area, it was down the waterboard road, over the stream bridge and turn left, through the light scrub to the edge of the gravel pit. The bird was strutting it's stuff on the peninsular. Size wise is tough, I was focusing more on trying to get a decent shot in difficult conditions - which is a basic error really, note to self.I am struggling to see the "clear-cut boarder" on the breast quoted in Collins, for a Green Sandpiper. I have tried to "work" on the picture a bit - could this be a juv. Common Sandpiper. Small "gap", very pale breast?</blockquote>