Monday, 14 May 2012

Photo of the Day

This small bird was seen huddling in a ditch at the side of the Portuairk road yesterday. It seemed perfectly healthy, just a bit bedraggled and sorry for itself.
Can anyone identify it?

11 comments:

  1. common sandpiper

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  2. Hi Jon,

    It's a Green Sandpiper :-)

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  3. Apparently it's a (very soggy) green sandpiper. Poor thing, looks totally fed up.

    Emma S

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  4. Green Sandpiper.

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  5. Um, addendum to my previous comment...the consensus is now that it's a common sandpiper

    Emma S

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  6. common sandpiper aka the bagpiper
    North Wales, Snowdon branch, common bagpiper brigade.

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  7. Looks like a young Dipper maybe?

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  8. Looks like a young Dipper

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  9. Possibly a young Treecreeper?? Dont think the fledglings have long tail feathers. Jane & Dave

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  10. Green Sandpiper

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  11. Treecreeper? Really? It is WITHOUT ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER a Common Sandpiper. Very typical of the species, and nothing about it suggests any other species.

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