Knot, Two Tree Island, Essex - 30th December 2007

above & below

Mixed wader flock at sunset, Two Tree Island, Essex - 16th December 2007

Purple Sandpiper, Southend Pier, Essex - 7th January 2007

Purple Sandpiper, Southend Pier, Essex - 11th November 2007

above & below images

Knot, Two Tree Island Lagoon, Essex - 6th February 2008

Purple Sandpipers, Southend Pier, Essex - 29th March 2008

Good numbers of Purps wintered at the end of the pier this winter

Purple Sandpiper, Southend Pier, Essex 11th January 2009

Only one has returned this winter though as before it is a showy bird.

Little Stint, Titchwell, Norfolk - 6th October 2007

A confiding group of stints were close to the footpath at the reserve.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Oare Marshes, Kent - 11th August 2007

Rather distant but a good UK bird, more images by clicking here

Long-billed Dowitcher, Abbey Pool, Tresco, Isles of Scilly October 2009

Managed to get this bird onto my Scillies list on its last day. It was a difficult bird to photograph.

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Airfield, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly 20th September 2010

Another fairly distant bird on the airfield run way, looks stunning in the evening light. It was joined by two more shortly afterwards.More of this bird by clicking here

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Airfield, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly October 2010

Almost certainly the bird that was seen here two weeks ago. For more of this bird

Baird's Sandpiper, Observatory, Fair Isle, 24th September 2011

This bird was found shortly before our arrival and was only the fourth to be recorded on the island. It lingered for a couple of hours only. More images of this bird here

Least Sandpiper, Abbey Pool, Tresco, Isles of Scilly October 2011

Only the third for Scilly and the first since the mid 1960's this is a major bird for the islands; click here to see more.

Upland Sandpiper, Maypole, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly October 2011

A super bird that showed well in a ploughed field near Maypole Triangle for a few days before relocating to Borough Farm; more of this first on Scillies since 1999 by clicking here.