Short-billed Dowitcher
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Estuaries (very rare vagrant).
Diet: Probes in mud.
Best time to spot: Yellower than Long-billed.
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
- Long-billed Dowitcher · Muddy pools (autumn passage)
- Greater Sand Plover · Estuaries (very rare vagrant)
- Lesser Sand Plover · Estuaries (very rare vagrant)
- American Bittern · Reedbeds (very rare vagrant)
- American Coot · Lakes (very rare vagrant)
- Black Duck · Marshes (very rare vagrant)
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