Common Sandpiper

Available for over a year

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Common Sandpiper. This bird can look slightly pot-bellied as it bobs nervously on the edge of an upland lake or on a midstream boulder. Get too close though and it will be off - flickering low over the surface on bowed wings.