Common sandpiper
Latin name Actitis hypoleucos
Family Sandpipers and allies (Scolopacidae)
Overview
A smallish wader with contrasting brown upperparts and white underparts. It habitually bobs up and down, known as 'teetering', and has a distinctive flight with stiff, bowed wings. Its presence is often betayed by its three-note call which it gives as it flies off.
