Common Sandpiper (Actitis hyperleucos)

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Status: Summer Visitor           
Scots Names: Killie Leepie, Skittery Deacon, Shore Snipe, Water Laverock
Size: 20cm
Habitat: Mainly marshes, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and estuaries
UK Population: ~12,000 breeding pairs
Breeding: 4 eggs, up to 22 days
Food: Invertebrates, mainly insects
Call Note: High pitched, quite shrill two-note call, song similar, quite repetetive and rythmical
Status: AMBER