Best time to see: early Aug to end Sep
Key facts
Slim medium-sized wader, heavily speckled
Habitat: freshwater marshes
Double passage migrant, most in summer; breeds Scandinavia
Recognition
Long legged slim wader, brown and white upperparts and speckled
Often seen feeding in well vegetated wetland pools
Eats insects, crustaceans and molluscs
Lifecycle
Nest is a hollow on ground
1 brood May - June; 4 eggs, pale green and blotched brown
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Photo © Robin Chittenden