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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnallcock" data-source="post: 3594703" data-attributes="member: 52142">I find myself in much the same position. I've looked several times, and every time I open the photo I think Greenshank. I can see the arguments in favour of Green Sand, but I'm still not entirely convinced it is one. For me, the features favouring Greenshank include paler mantle, pale breast and spotting extending down the sides of the breast onto the flanks. Like Steve, I'm also not convinced that the apparent greenshank bill is an artefact and I can't see a bill that would fit Green Sand.Given the new information about the date being in May, the evidence that a Green Sand but no Greenshank was present last weekend is no longer useful (which was the main thing swaying me towards Green Sand).I never really think of these two as being confusion species - it shows how confusing a single photo can be at times.</blockquote>