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Birds on UK freshwater margins and marshes: Common Sandpiper

Ashley Crombet-Beolens - Common Sandpiper http://www.beolens.co.uk/digiscoping/galleries/Common_sandpiper/
Presents series of five colour images of the common sandpiper, sporting its dual-coloured plumage and standing on a boat.
British Trust for Ornithology - Common Sandpiper
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2004/wcrcomsa.htm
Research the conservation status and long term trends of small wader. Contains summary plus data presented as graphs and tables covering 1974-2003.
BTO - Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
http://blx1.bto.org/atlases/CS-atlas.html
Browse four maps of Britain showing incidence of breeding common sandpipers 1976-1993, plus table indicating percentage change in population.
First Nature - Actitis hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper
http://www.first-nature.com/birds/actitis_hypoleucos.htm
Discloses in detail the favoured habitat of frequent visitor to Wales in summer. Supported by colour photograph of species standing on open ground.
Isle of Man Birding - Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos http://www.homepages.mcb.net/wormwell/Common%20Sandpiper200604.htm
Pore over map of small island off the western English coast indicating sightings of the common sandpiper. Also see table of sightings by month, plus colour image.
Kenya Birds - Common Sandpiper
http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/csand.htm
Offers help on how to identify the common sandpiper and understand its distribution worldwide. Supported by large detailed colour photograph.

Lincolnshire Bird Club - Common Sandpiper
http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/common_sandpiper.htm
Get to recognise the dual-colour appearance of the common sandpiper. Colour photos taken at UK sewage works. 

Royal Society for Protection of Birds - Common Sandpiper
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/c/commonsandpiper/
Find out about this small wader and find out exactly what “teetering” is and its unusual flight. See colour drawing and distribution map of Britain.
Scottish Birds - Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
http://www.scottish-birds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/common_sandpiper.htm
Download series of six photographs of common sandpipers including males fighting over female, plus a photo of a chick. Also read photographer’s field notes.

Tiscali Reference - Common Sandpiper
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/birds_common_sandpiper.html
Digest condensed description of common sandpiper that includes appearance, habitat, and unusual bobbing behaviour. Also view colour image. 

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, The - Sightings Database http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/Sighting.asp?SightingID=3173/
Tells of only one sighting of the common sandpiper in famous wetlands conservation area in south-west England. Tells exactly where and date.

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