Sandpipers.

Common Sandpiper.



Purple Sandpiper.



Wood Sandpiper.



Curlew Sandpiper.



Pectoral Sandpiper.



Stilt Sandpiper, very rare in with Lapwings.

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Lovely photos Nom .... and there was I thinking you had put your camera into retirement for the winter

Definitely a bonus!

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Smashing Nom ! Wood Sandpiper always puts a grin on me face, just something about them

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How lovely !


Oh heck - now I have an ear worm !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC7XEdElkgs

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I did not know there was so many sandpipers! All lovely birdies for sure...at least the photographer makes them so.

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You had me worried there gal ......

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I am sure the mystery bird we had in the stream a couple of winters ago during the snow was a sandpiper

I never got close enough to it to see it properly , it was here for a couple of weeks...

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Meg most of our Sandpipers disappear for the Winter, the exception is the Purple Sandpiper which Winters on the coast.

However some Green and Common sandpipers do over winter now so quite possible.

Shirley North America has at least 18 species of Sandpiper, quite a few of which make it across the pond and always get loads of attention. So White Rumped, Broad Billed, Buff Breasted, Bairds, Spotted, Marsh, Semipalmated, and Terek sandpipers have over time been seen but sadly pre photography days.

I have hundreds of bird photos so most of these are from my library of iimages, only the Stilt Sand was taken this year through my scope, hence the poor quality.

Thanks for looking and commenting.


regards nom

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Nom it was a few winters ago when we had heavy snow . I live near the River Severn and my neighbour thinks the bird got thrown of track by the storms and came up the Severn estuary from the coast or maybe Slimbridge WFT.
The bird was here for about two weeks staying by or in the stream then it was gone.

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Common or more likely Green would be my guess Meg we are slowly getting more species wintering here. Chiffchaff and Blackcaps are regular.