Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Startops End Reservoir, Tring, Hertfordshire
9 August 2003

Most of the time it fed on its own, but occasionally it would appear alongside other species, when its diminutive size really did become apparent. Here it is dwarfed by a Ruff, Philomachus pugnax, and it was even smaller than a Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba yarrellii!

9 August 2003

Nikon Coolpix 995 + Leica APO Televid 77 with 32xWA

© Steve Dudley