Best time to see: Oct to Mar
Key facts
Small version of dunlin, with short bill, black legs and non-stop feeding action
Habitat: marshes and estuaries
Regular passage migrant; breeds in N. Norway and Siberia
Recognition
Very small dunlin-like wader; short bill and black legs; grey upperparts in winter, brown in summer
Feeds in characteristic non-stop feeding action
Eats worms, crustaceans and molluscs
Lifecycle
Nest is a neat cup on ground
1 brood June to July; 4 pale olive eggs, speckled brown
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Photo © Robin Chittenden