Birds Buff-Breasted Sandpiper

[Uncle Kevriano]

We had heard that this bird, a very rare UK mainland visitor (this is the second ever at Minsmere and the last was in 1961!), was at a fairly local reserve, so we took a trip today. What a fantastic little wader he is. He is miles off course though, as he should be either in Northern Canada, or on his way to Argentina on migration. Anyway, he's not, so good for us. Heavily cropped shots as he wasn't close, but they still look pretty good thanks to good light today. A great lifer.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 200

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Sdawes]

Great find Kev

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Great catch mate. Did you crop that in camera too, or all in post?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Great catch mate. Did you crop that in camera too, or all in post?

Cheers Clint and Steve.

Shot in crop mode and then cropped in down to 4mb and 5mb roughly, from a172mb starting point...

 

[spudhead]

I might have seen one of these before Kev, anyway I would not have had a clue what it was anyway and Clints bird chart says it is a bird, nice job sir