 Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus). Juvenile. Taken at Standlake Common, Oxon., on October 5th 2025. Juvenile. Taken at Standlake Common, Oxon., on October 5th 2025. (© David Hastings) (Canon R7+RF100-500, f/7.1, 1/800th, ISO250, 500mm. Click image for larger version) Description L: 20 - 24cm; WS: 39 - 44cm The Green Sandpiper is a very contrasting wader which looks like a large House Martin in flight. Its dark, almost black upperparts, pale underparts and white rump are distinctive. It has greenish legs and feet. It breeds across subarctic Europe and Asia and is migratory, wintering in southern and western Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and tropical Africa. It breeds in waterlogged wooded areas, on bogs and marshes. It has Amber status on the UK list. Around 1000 birds over-winter here. Sightings | 05-Oct-2025 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 08-Oct-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) | | 02-Aug-2022 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1juv) | | 23-Apr-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 28-Mar-2021 | : | Greenham Common, Berks | (3) |
| | 14-Apr-2019 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 16-Nov-2018 | : | Extremadura, Spain | (3) | | 12-Nov-2018 | : | Extremadura, Spain | (1) | | 25-Aug-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) | | 05-Aug-2018 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (1) | | 22-Apr-2018 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) | | 15-Mar-2018 | : | Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | (1) | | 10-Mar-2018 | : | Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | (1) |
| | 01-Nov-2017 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) | | 13-Sep-2017 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (1) | | 26-Aug-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 12-Mar-2017 | : | Rushy Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 13-Nov-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 06-Nov-2016 | : | La Janda, Spain | (1) |
| | 14-Sep-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 30-Jun-2014 | : | Tophill Low, E. Yorks | (1) |
| | 08-Sep-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 19-Feb-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) |
| | 13-Mar-2011 | : | Radley Lakes, Oxon | (2) |
| | 31-Aug-2008 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (2) |
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