Broad-billed
Sandpiper
habitat shot - with the bird typically running into view, Engerdal,
June 2016
Broad-billed
Sandpiper is one of
the "most wanted" of the breeding Norwegian waders. I have tried to
find it at a couple of well-known localities without any luck. I
resorted to looking at maps in order to find my own site - and it this
that paid off on the first attempt. What a kick to find my own
"mountain bog runners" as they are called in Norwegian! A name that
works so much better than the English name - at least on the
breeding grounds. They have rather special habitat requirements which
give them their own their own unique charm. This combined with their
rarity make this species one of my favourite finds ever.
I now owe my girlfriend big time as she rowed me around a lake for
about seven kilometres in the rain to get this sorted and had to put up
with "stop", "go back" and a constant torrent of "birding Tourette's".
Broad-billed Sandpiper, Engerdal,
June 2017. As with the other pictures on this page this picture was
taken from a small rowing boat
Broad-billed Sandpiper,Engerdal,
Hedmark,Norway,
June 2016
Broad-billed Sandpiper,Engerdal,
June 2016
Broad-billed sands are not particularly shy and prefer to hide or run
off sneakily at incredible speeds through the grass.
Pictures taken
using a digital SLR camera with a 400mm
telephoto lens (hand held)
Broad-billed Sandpiper often choose to run away through the vegetation
rather than fly. This shot shows how the species came by it's Norwegian
name
SDisplaying Broad-billed
Sandpiper, Engerdal, June 2018
Up close and personal,
Engerdal, Hedmark, Norway, June 2018
