Thanks. I didn't think it was a Semipalmater sandpiper, that was Google 😊 I thought a Sanderling was also unlikely, although I did not know about the hind toe. Not sure why I discounted a Dunlin, it just didn't look right at the time, although the photo does look a good match.

Oops, thanks.

I thought it was a muntjac at the time, but when I was looking at the photos, I convinced myself it wasn't😞

Thanks. That appears to be the consensus.

Thanks. I'll have to try to study some more of them.

Thanks. Dunlin was Merlin's first choice, but it didn't look quite right to me. Maybe I was hoping for something more exciting. (But not hopeful enough to look at the picture sooner, rather than waiting three weeks!)

I probably should have tagged #SuffolkBirding / #SuffolkBirds / @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social for some local knowledge.

(I'm about as good at Social Media as I am at Bird ID.)

Yes.
Google suggested Sanderling, Dunlin and Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Merlin suggested Sanderling and Dunlin.
None of them look quite right, but I am probably wrong.

Another [Common] Redshank (Tringa tetanus) coming in to land.

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Yes. I have not seen one that close for a few years and had forgotten how smart they look. I was lucky to see one in the summer once, when they are even better as you can see the spots 😊

And another to prove a Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) really has shanks that are red!

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And here is his cousin, a European [Brown] Hare (Lepus europaeus), trying to hide in some grass, in a lowland field.

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Many thanks, I'll try that. I can control my arrival, but not the wind (or sun)😀Last time I was there, it was blowing a hoolie. Two beardies popped up and were soon swept away by a gust before hunkering down, fifty feet further back.

I was fortunate that it swam very close. The image is about ~25% of a 45MP capture, giving PhotoShop lots of pixels to clean it up. (Although it doesn't look too bad uncropped with no noise reduction or sharpening.)