On a dreary November day with occasional showers I headed down to Oxey Marsh to have a look at the
Semipalmated Sandpiper which was found at the site on 16th November. At first this bird was considered to be a Western Sandpiper but the dark cap, pale rufous fringes to the scapulars and bill shape identify this bird as a Semipalmated Sandpiper, albeit a rather long billed bird. I watched the bird for around an hour as it fed at fairly close range on the pool often loosely associating with a
Dunlin. A short walk produced a female
Long-tailed Duck, three
Spotted Redshank and two
Greenshank on Oxey Lagoon, 15
Eider and six
Red-breasted Merganser on the Solent. My eBird checklist for the morning can be seen
here.
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Oxey Marsh, Lymington
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Oxey Marsh, Lymington
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Oxey Marsh, Lymington
I have just started to use the video function on my Olympus E-M1X. Struggling
with focus at the moment but here are a few clips of the Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Long-tailed Duck - Oxey Lagoon, Lymington
