Marsh Sandpiper
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Pools, marshes (rare passage).
Diet: Aquatic invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Slim, elegant; needle bill.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Lesser Yellowlegs · Pools
- Greater Yellowlegs · Pools (very rare vagrant)
- Wood SandpiperRare · Boggy pools
- Solitary Sandpiper · Freshwater pools (vagrant)
- Common GreenshankUncommon · Bogs (summer); estuaries (passage)
- Common RedshankCommon · Marshes
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