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    I'm not sure if the ringed bird is a Sanderling, Dunlin, Greenshank or other at Keyhaven, but the stripey bird in the background looks like a Snipe of sorts...

    (Another ringed wader of the same species as the first was not far away!)

    Any ideas?
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    Certainly looks like a Snipe Catherine, the second bird looks like a Greenshank, although I'm not sure whether the beak is upturned from the photo.
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    The bird on the left in the left photo is a Snipe

    http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/a...gallinago.html

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    Been looking at my guide and don't think the second bird is a Greenshank, as there doesn't appear to be any curvature of the beak, so may perhaps be a Wood Sandpiper, a passage visitor.
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    Thanks for the information, folks!

    So I don't have a Jack Snipe then - just a plain one!

    It certainly looks like a Green Sandpiper. The one in my book doesn't have an upturned beak though. It was smallish and VERY pale in colour....

    I take it that one sex has red ring on left leg while the other has the blue/green one there - and vice versa?

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    It could be a Jack snipe Catherine. It's difficult to tell which snipe But well done

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    I think the beak is too short for a Jack Snipe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catherine View Post
    Thanks for the information, folks!

    So I don't have a Jack Snipe then - just a plain one!

    It certainly looks like a Green Sandpiper. The one in my book doesn't have an upturned beak though. It was smallish and VERY pale in colour....

    I take it that one sex has red ring on left leg while the other has the blue/green one there - and vice versa?
    Sorry Catherine, I meant to type Greenshank, have now changed my post to read as what I meant to say.

    The body looks too slim for a Green Sandpiper.
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    Common Snipe and a Greenshank as Beryl/Rolf have both described Catherine. However, the ring/s are more than a little interesting and if you have precise details of it/them I'd be eternally grateful.


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    Greenshank had been my first guess - though only a guess I'm afraid! They were very pretty, shy birds, and I could only see those two in the area.

    This site confirmed it for me as the photographer had taken a pic of one of the same (or similar) birds!
    Chris Thomas - Bird Photography - January 2008 Pictures & News - Keyhaven & Cardiff

    I'll email a local RSPB guy about the rings - and whether the colours on different legs on different birds indicate sex. I haven't found anything online - yet.....!

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