Africa Wild

Here you are... please Switzerland








only these 3 are visible... flying... no legs

could be Little Stint (Bécasseau minute)
or Sanderling (Bécasseau sanderling)
or Dunlin (Bécasseau variable)

or the man beside me was wrong

Dewi wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:54 pm Well caught in flight Nan.

It's a common sandpiper, Chevalier guignette (Actitis hypoleucos).

Common Sandpiper


Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) - a female and a male in transition plumage

Shanks, Wood & Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa spp)

Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.

They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the green sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern hemisphere temperate regions for breeding. Some of this group—notably the green sandpiper—nest in trees, using the old nests of other birds, usually thrushes.

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)


Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)