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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Whitburn (Co.Durham)

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Taken: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Whitburn (Co.Durham)

Uploaded: Mon, 21 Sep 2015

Finally getting the meal down after several fight backs by the worm. Camera: Nikon D7100 with Sigma 150-600 s lens

Photo: Frank Golding

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Whitburn (Co.Durham)

Uploaded: Mon, 21 Sep 2015

Late afternoon and that's a rather large worm for a little bird. Camera: Nikon D7100 with Sigma 150-600 s lens

Photo: Frank Golding

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Whitburn (Co.Durham)

Uploaded: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Came as close as about 20 metres late afternoon. Camera: Nikon D7100 with Sigma 150-600 s lens

Photo: Frank Golding

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at White Nothe (Dorset)

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juvenile

Taken: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

White Nothe (Dorset)

Uploaded: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Photo: Brett Spencer

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

White Nothe (Dorset)

Uploaded: Sun, 20 Sep 2015

Photo: Brett Spencer

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Tacumshin (County Wexford)

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juvenile

Taken: Fri, 18 Sep 2015

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Fri, 18 Sep 2015

More on the website. Enjoy, I did.

Photo: Paul Kelly

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Thu, 17 Sep 2015

White Nothe (Dorset)

Uploaded: Thu, 17 Sep 2015

Photo: Brett Spencer

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Exnaboe (Shetland)

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Taken: Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Exnaboe (Shetland)

Uploaded: Tue, 16 Sep 2014

Photo: Roger Riddington

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Exnaboe (Shetland)

Uploaded: Tue, 16 Sep 2014

Photo: Roger Riddington

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Mon, 15 Sep 2014

Exnaboe (Shetland)

Uploaded: Tue, 16 Sep 2014

Photo: Roger Riddington

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 07 Sep 2014

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Tue, 09 Sep 2014

First juv of the Irish autumn, more on the website.

Photo: Paul Kelly

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at St Agnes (Isles of Scilly)

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Taken: Oct 2013

St Agnes (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Mon, 07 Oct 2013

Photo: Jon Hall / The Bumbling Bears

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Oct 2013

St Agnes (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Mon, 07 Oct 2013

Photo: Jon Hall / The Bumbling Bears

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh RSPB (Lincolnshire)

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Taken: Sat, 05 Oct 2013

Frampton Marsh RSPB (Lincolnshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 06 Oct 2013

Better views but still very mobile in company with about a dozen Ruff

Photo: Roy Harvey

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Thu, 03 Oct 2013

St Agnes (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 05 Oct 2013

Photo: David Aitken

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

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Taken: Sat, 14 Sep 2013

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Mon, 23 Sep 2013

Digiscoped. Swarovski ATX85, Sony NEX-7

Photo: Gary Loader

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Sat, 14 Sep 2013

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Mon, 23 Sep 2013

Digiscoped. Swarovski ATX85, Sony NEX-7

Photo: Gary Loader

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Sat, 14 Sep 2013

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Mon, 23 Sep 2013

Digiscoped. Swarovski ATX85, Sony NEX-7

Photo: Gary Loader

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Slimbridge WWT (Gloucestershire)

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juvenile

Taken: Sat, 21 Sep 2013

Slimbridge WWT (Gloucestershire)

Uploaded: Sat, 21 Sep 2013

Showing much better today.

Photo: James Lees

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

first-winter

Taken: Sat, 14 Sep 2013

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Sun, 15 Sep 2013

Photo: Andrew Jordan

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

first-winter

Taken: Sat, 14 Sep 2013

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Sun, 15 Sep 2013

Photo: Andrew Jordan

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

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juvenile

Taken: Mon, 09 Sep 2013

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Mon, 09 Sep 2013

Photo: Martin Goodey

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Fri, 23 Aug 2013

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Sat, 24 Aug 2013

Photo: Peter Phillips

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

adult

Taken: Mon, 12 Aug 2013

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Tue, 13 Aug 2013

Photo: Peter Phillips

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Elmley NNR (Kent)

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Taken: Mon, 05 Aug 2013

Elmley NNR (Kent)

Uploaded: Wed, 07 Aug 2013

Photo: Paul Rowe

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

adult

Taken: Mon, 05 Aug 2013

Tacumshin (County Wexford)

Uploaded: Tue, 06 Aug 2013

Chanced upon these beauties in the middle of nowhere. Dont you just love Buffers.

Photo: Paul Kelly

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Mon, 05 Aug 2013

Elmley NNR (Kent)

Uploaded: Tue, 06 Aug 2013

Photo: Paul Rowe

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 10 Nov 2012

Photo: Reston Kilgour

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 10 Nov 2012

and Dotterel!

Photo: Reston Kilgour

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Upload a photo of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at John Muir Country Park (Lothian)

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juvenile

Taken: Sun, 23 Sep 2012

John Muir Country Park (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2012

One of two present

Photo: Davie Abraham

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 23 Sep 2012

John Muir Country Park (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2012

One of two present

Photo: Davie Abraham

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 23 Sep 2012

John Muir Country Park (Lothian)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Oct 2012

Photo: Davie Abraham

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Wed, 03 Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 12 Oct 2012

At Peninnis Head. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper had the Dotterel in tow for a couple of days and both were very confiding

Photo: Peter Triston

Photographer's	RBA gallery

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Thu, 04 Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 12 Oct 2012

Photo: Tony Duckett

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Thu, 04 Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 12 Oct 2012

Photo: Tony Duckett

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Tue, 02 Oct 2012

Davidstow Airfield (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Fri, 12 Oct 2012

Photo: Tony Duckett

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 09 Oct 2012

And Dotterel

Photo: Jon Hall / The Bumbling Bears

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Taken: Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 09 Oct 2012

Photo: Jon Hall / The Bumbling Bears

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

juvenile

Taken: Thu, 04 Oct 2012

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Thu, 04 Oct 2012

In the sun and tucked out of the wind. One contented looking Buff-breast. :-)

Photo: Martin Goodey

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

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