Long-billed Dowitcher
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Muddy pools (autumn passage).
Diet: Probes in mud.
Best time to spot: Sewing-machine feeding.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
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Similar birds
- Short-billed Dowitcher · Estuaries (very rare vagrant)
- American Golden Plover · Coastal turf (autumn passage)
- Broad-billed Sandpiper · Pools (very rare passage)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper · Short grass (autumn passage)
- Grey Phalarope · Pelagic (autumn passage)
- Little Bunting · Coastal scrub (autumn passage)
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