This North American wading bird is a relative of our Redshank. It breeds in Canada and Alaska and winters on the Gulf Coast of the USA and in south America.A few get blown across the Atlantic and winter in the UK and Europe.
This bird has been wintering at the RSPB reserve at Lodmoor, just outside Weymouth.
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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