25th-26th June
With all the complications that arose for the ID of our Semipalmated Sandpiper seen on Trolla over the past couple of days, we thought the bird warranted its own blog post highlighting the key ID features that we noted and that were pointed out to us during the identification of the bird. Found by volunteer Bobbi Brander, a keen, sharp young birder from Lothian, initial views of the bird weren't great, but a lot of perseverance saw us obtain some decent photos over the two days the bird has so far been present. Photos used in this post are credited to Maddy Hine, George Gay, and Craig Forsyth. 1. Overall size and structure compared to accompanying waders Compared to the waders the bird was associating with, it was obviously much smaller and more diminutive. The bird was easy to pick put amongst the small wader flock based on size alone. The structure is also important to the ID. Compared to what would be expected of Little Stint, the bird is more compact with a less attenuated rea...
