Semipalmated Sandpiper, Over Fen,19th May 2007, © Jim Lawrence. This is the first ever Semipalmated Sandpiper recorded in Cambridgeshire. Congratulations to Richard Patient and Richard Thomas for resolving the identity. In these very distant and therefore highly magnified images the bird appears far warmer than it actually was, due to the evening sunlight. To my eye, in the field, the overall plumage tone was a cold grey with the only rufous feathering apparent in the ear coverts and possibly the crown. (JL).
