(Common) Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper
From a distance the Common Sandpiper's brown plumage looks quite plain but close up it has an ornate zigzag pattern.
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper
It breeds across Eurasia and migrates south in winter.
Sandpiper
Sandpiper
Sandpiper
It has a distinctive white bar across its wing
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Sandpiper with Moorhen Sandpiper size comparison with Moorhen
Sandpiper Foraging in coastal rock pools
Sandpiper and Ringed Plover Common Sandpiper with Ringed Plover (the latter with orange legs)