We set off from home at 12 noon, heading for Penzance. It was a pretty
straightforward journey and at 19:00 we arrived at Marazion and went straight
to the beach. There's been a buff-breasted sandpiper here for a few days,
feeding on the tideline with ringed plover, sanderling, dunlin, turnstone, knot and a
single ruff. Fortunately when we arrived the tide was in and had forced the birds to within
about 5m of the sea wall and it didn't take long to locate the buff-breasted
sandpiper.
A really smart bird.
I was surprised by how small and slim it was compared to the other waders.
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