#BirdOfTheDay theme is #waders and I got a lot of them! Here's a Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) from Uruguay. #BirdingUruguay #sandpipers #shorebirds

Little Stint (Calidris minuta) taking a break from frantic feeding. Gotta tank up for the long journey to Africa. ⛽ #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #stints #peeps #shorebirds #waders

Ruff (Calidris pugnax). ♂️ Ruffs are one of the largest Calidrids, but the sexual dimorphism of the species is shocking. A big male can easily be double the size of a female. #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

One more for #WaderWednesday A cute little Dunlin (Calidris alpina). Strictly a passage bird in Hungary, heading to the Mediterranean Basin and North Africa for the winter. #BirdingHungary #FallMigration2026 #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

Short video of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. #WaderWednesday #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #BirdingHungary #FallMigration2026

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) continues for the fourth straight day at Lake Balaton, much to the delight of local birders. Not often one of these is so twitchable. 😀👍 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers #WaderWednesday

A study in contrasts. The smallest and largest of the Calidris clan. Little Stint (Calidris minuta) on the left and a big male Ruff (Calidris pugnax) on the right. 😀 #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

Nothing like laying in the wet sand with all your optics around your neck. 😬 Getting some photos of today's Buff-breasted Sandpiper. We were able to get reasonably close for some good photos and then withdraw without disturbing the bird. 👍 #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

Video of today's Buff-breasted Sandpiper. A big male Ruff came by to hog the spotlight. Then a cameo appearance by a Little Stint. 😄 👍 #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

Great bird today at Lake Balaton. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis). This American vagrant is rare in Hungary, showing up once every 2 or 3 years. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #waders #sandpipers #shorebirds

A Dunlin coming in to join his homies. If it's looking for a party, it may be disappointed ... most of its buddies appear to be sleeping. 😴 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #peeps

A Dunlin ready for a good scritch! 😄 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #WaderWednesday #sandpipers #peeps

A cute little Dunlin (Calidris alpina) waving hello. 👋😄 #BirdingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers #BirdsSeenIn2026

A whole bunch of Spotted Redshanks (Tringa erythropus) went thru in July but since then they have been a bit scarce. This is the first one I've seen in many weeks. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #shorebirds #waders #WaderWednesday #sandpipers

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I tried to get a Dunlin in flight, but they were just too fast for me. And my auto-focus always seems to have a problem with birds in flight. It's just too slow. 😛 Anyway, this is the only flight shot I could manage. A headless Dunlin. 😄 #BirdsingHungary #shorebirds #waders #sandpipers

Dunlin checking out a plane in overflight. To them it's probably just a big, noisy raptor. The Dunlin were probing the mud for food, ignoring the thousands of midges on the surface of the water. They left the midges to the Wood Sandpipers. 😀 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers

Short video of Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola). During migration, it's the commonest Tringa species around here. #BirdingHungary #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) from yesterday. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #sandpipers #waders #shorebirds

One more from today's shorebird smorgasbord... Red Knot (Calidris canutus). Also an uncommon passage bird in Hungary but this year there is more around than usual. #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers #WaderWednesday #BirdsSeenIn2026