17 October 1981 - Drift Reservoir, Cornwall

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Lesser Yellowlegs

About Redshank size, but generally slimmer and more elegant-looking. Orange-yellow legs, appeared quite long. Bill slim, blackish. Darker line through eye. No paler supercilium. Pale eyering.  Upperparts dark brown, with white specks. White underparts with brownish-grey wash over upper breast. Crown dark brown, streaked. Nape paler, throat white.  In flight, showed white rump.

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