Calidris maritima
April 29, 2001: Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve, East Lothian, Scotland
Saw this bird with several turnstones and a dunlin. A pretty nondescript streaky brown sandpiper, which I would certainly not have been able to ID in the US (as differentiated from Westerns, etc.). But, I am told that it is the only sandpiper that looks this way in the area, so I get to count it! I didn’t get a really good look at the bird, but I did get glimpses through the scope.
Let me know what you think!