Greater Yellowlegs
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Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Pools (very rare vagrant).
Diet: Fish, invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Larger; upturned bill.
When to look
A rare visitor, not a resident. There is no dependable season, though most rarities are found during spring and autumn migration. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
How rare is it?
The Greater Yellowlegs sits in our Legendary tier for the UK: a major rarity, where any record is big news. It is not on the Red or Amber lists in Birds of Conservation Concern 5.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Solitary SandpiperLegendary · Freshwater pools (vagrant)
- Lesser YellowlegsRare · Pools
- Marsh SandpiperEpic · Pools
- Grey-tailed TattlerLegendary · Rocky shore (extreme vagrant)
- Wood SandpiperRare · Boggy pools
- Common GreenshankUncommon · Bogs (summer); estuaries (passage)
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