Wood sandpiper

The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.

The Wood sandpiper is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Wood Sandpiper is wary and nervous and will burst into flight if disturbed, zig-zagging off and calling loudly, then gliding gracefully to ground again. Facts and figures Research Species: No Minimum size: 29 cm Maximum size: 23 cm Average size: 21 cm Average weight: 55 g Breeding season: May to August Clutch size: Four. More

The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae. Description and systematics - In non-breeding plumage, wintering at Bharatpur (Rajasthan, India) It resembles a longer-legged and more delicate Green (T. ochropus) or Solitary Sandpiper (T. solitaria) with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. More

Wood Sandpiper: Breeds across northern Europe and Asia, winters in equatorial areas from Africa to Asia. Found on the Aleutian Islands of Alaska during spring migration, and occasionally lingers to breed. Has been found in British Columbia and northeastern North America. Breeding and Nesting Wood Sandpiper: Breeds in northern bogs and flooded forests. Nests built on ground amid dense vegetation or will use old thrush nests in trees. Lays three to four light green to white eggs that are marked with red brown. More

Wood Sandpiper: Juvenile Default description Wood Sandpiper: Juvenile Wood Sandpiper: Breeding Adult Default description Wood Sandpiper: Breeding Adult Related Birds Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Green Sandpiper General Wood Sandpiper: Medium-sized, long-legged sandpiper with dark gray-brown upperparts and breast heavily marked with white spots and notches. More

The Wood Sandpiper breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. They migrate to Africa and southern Asia, particularly India. Vargant birds have been seen as far into the Pacific as the Hawaiian Islands. In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to the Marianas Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands about once per decade. More

Wood SandpiperThe Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. It is the smallest of the shanks, and breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. It will nest on the ground, or reuse the old tree nest of another bird, such as the Fieldfare. It resembles a longer-legged, elegant Green, or Solitary Sandpiper with a short fine bill, brown back and longer yellowish legs. More

The Wood Sandpiper in all plumages is slimmer, leggier and more elegant than most other sandpipers, more like a small Redshank. They also have beautifully spangled upperparts and an obvious pale supercilium. They are a paler brown than the Green Sandpiper and there is no obvious contrast between dark breast and pale belly. In flight Wood Sandpipers show a neat, square white rump but they look brown and white not black and white and their underwings are pale. More

The wood sandpiper is a medium-sized wading bird, with a fine straight bill, yellowish legs and a conspicuous long white stripe from the bill over the eye to the back of the neck. In flight, it shows no wing-stripes and a square white rump. A passage migrant in spring and autumn, breeding in Northern Europe and wintering in Africa; a few pairs breed in the Scottish Highlands. The flooding of some previously drained traditional marshes in Scotland may help this species in future. More

Share this page on Facebook The Wood Sandpiper is a common migrant at inland wetlands of Europe and Africa, yet its movements have not been comprehensively studied. Project "Tringa glareola 2000", which is coordinated by WRG KULING, is aimed to focus attention of wader observers on migration dynamics, phenology, migration routes, migration strategy, winter quarters, and moult of the Wood Sandpiper. More

The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. It is the smallest of the shanks, and breeds in subarctic wetlands from the Scottish Highlands across Europe and Asia. It will nest on the ground, or reuse the old tree nest of another bird, such as the Fieldfare. More