Green Sandpiper
The Green Sandpiper is a small and slightly plump wader with a dark greenish-brown back and wings, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. The back is spotted white to varying extents, being most noticeable in the breeding adult and less so in winter and young birds. The legs and short bill are both dark green. It is conspicuous and characteristically patterned in flight with the wings dark above and below and a brilliant white rump. In flight it has a characteristic 3 note whistle.
The Green Sandpiper breeds across sub-arctic Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is a migratory bird, wintering in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, south east Asia and tropical Africa.
The Green Sandpiper is very much a bird of freshwater habitats and it is often found in sites too restricted for other waders. It is not a gregarious species although sometimes small numbers congregate in suitable feeding areas.
The Green Sandpiper feeds on small invertebrate items picked off the mud as it works steadily around the edges of its chosen lagoon, pond or ditch.
The Green Sandpiper is widely distributed and not uncommon. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN on a global scale but it is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Date: 9th October 2023
Location: RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire
The Green Sandpiper breeds across sub-arctic Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is a migratory bird, wintering in southern Europe, the Indian subcontinent, south east Asia and tropical Africa.
The Green Sandpiper is very much a bird of freshwater habitats and it is often found in sites too restricted for other waders. It is not a gregarious species although sometimes small numbers congregate in suitable feeding areas.
The Green Sandpiper feeds on small invertebrate items picked off the mud as it works steadily around the edges of its chosen lagoon, pond or ditch.
The Green Sandpiper is widely distributed and not uncommon. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN on a global scale but it is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Date: 9th October 2023
Location: RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire
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