Wood Sandpiper
The Wood Sandpiper is a medium sized wader which resembles a longer-legged and more delicate Green Sandpiper. It has a fine straight bill, brown back, yellowish legs and a conspicuous long white stripe from the bill over the eye to the back of the neck.
The Wood Sandpiper breeds in sub-Arctic wetlands across Europe and Asia. It migrates to Africa, southern Asia, particularly India, and Australia. It is usually found in freshwater habitats during migration and on its wintering grounds. It forages by probing in shallow water or in wet mud and it mainly eats insects and similar small prey.
A slight westward expansion saw the establishment of a small but permanent breeding population in Scotland from the 1950s. In addition, passage migrants most commonly appear in south and east England in April and September.
Date: 11th May 2016
Location: near Pogari-Sassi, Matsalu National Park, Estonia
The Wood Sandpiper breeds in sub-Arctic wetlands across Europe and Asia. It migrates to Africa, southern Asia, particularly India, and Australia. It is usually found in freshwater habitats during migration and on its wintering grounds. It forages by probing in shallow water or in wet mud and it mainly eats insects and similar small prey.
A slight westward expansion saw the establishment of a small but permanent breeding population in Scotland from the 1950s. In addition, passage migrants most commonly appear in south and east England in April and September.
Date: 11th May 2016
Location: near Pogari-Sassi, Matsalu National Park, Estonia
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