Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Scarce Autumn & rare Spring migrants in Britain, mostly in July-September period.

Breeds on bogs & marshes in the taiga zone of Siberia & Alaska.

Winters in Southern Europe & Africa.

They differ from the green by having a smaller, less contrasting white rump-patch.

They have a shorter, finer bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs & the breeding plumage of subdued, light-brown above (with some darker mottling), and a pattern of somewhat smaller, diffuse, brownish spots on the breast and neck.