COMMON SANDPIPER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see  508)              COMMON SANDPIPER                Actitis hypoleucos

SINGAPORE        (12)      

Highly adaptable migrant to sandy shores, coastal mudflats, freshwater marshes, wet grassland and concrete canals. 20 cm. Breeds across much of Eurasia, from W Europe to E Siberia and Japan, as far south as Middle East; winters Africa, Middle East and Indian sub-continent, east to S China, South-east Asia, Australia and SW Pacific.