Skarsnappa - Sortgrå ryle - Merissiri - Sichelstandlaufe
Purple
Sandpiper are one of my favourite birds - part due to childhood
associations to this species at Stag Rocks in Northumberland but mostly
due to their extreme lifesyle and the conditions they not only survive
but thrive under. They spend the winter months in some of the harshest
conditions imaginable - rocky shore pounded by winter storms.
This is a species that really connects the place where I grew up (one of the best Purple Sanpiper locations in England) to where I currently live in south west Norway (where they are also a common winter visitor).
They are not a particularly shy species and, given the chance, relatively easy to photograph.
For more details about this species at Stag Rocks, Northumerland, England click here. For details of occurrence at Skogsøy, Øygarden, Norway click here.
This is a species that really connects the place where I grew up (one of the best Purple Sanpiper locations in England) to where I currently live in south west Norway (where they are also a common winter visitor).
They are not a particularly shy species and, given the chance, relatively easy to photograph.
For more details about this species at Stag Rocks, Northumerland, England click here. For details of occurrence at Skogsøy, Øygarden, Norway click here.
Picture taken at Stag Rocks, Northumberland, April 2009
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