Friday, 29 January 2021

PLASTIC TWINE COILED ROUND ITS FOOT COULD PUT THIS PURPLE SANDPIPER IN PERIL

 

This purple sandpiper sighted earlier this week on the Lincolnshire Coast could  be in a spot of bother. Its left foot is coiled with what looks like plastic twine. The species frequently roosts on old breakwaters where the risk is of the twine being snagged on a protruding nail or splinter of old timber. For the time being, however, the bird was running freely with no indication of being inconvenienced.






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