Pectoral Sandpiper?

If in doubt it’s best practice to err on the side of the more common species, but this bird has puzzled some of our top wader experts.

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper or Pectoral Sandpiper 1/1600, f/7.1, ISO 800

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpipers are common waders, shown in both images below, while Pectoral Sandpipers are […]