On Dec.3rd we were at the Salinas de Levante when I saw what I thought was a Greenshank wading in the water some several hundred yards away. The bird was seen through the large Kowa scope. When it came out of the water, I could see that it had very bright yellow legs. One other member of our group saw the bird before it flew. The first thing he commented on was the colour of its legs.I could only reason that it must be a Greater Yellowlegs. I do not know if this a very unusual record for Mallorca or not. Did anybody else see the bird around this time?
I should add that I have been a wader ringer since the 60`s, so do have some experience of this group of birds. How would I go about submitting this record to the island`s bird recorder?
Glad of any observations.
Pete
See if you can find Mike Montier - he posts lots of stuff on here re Majorca. (use the search tool top right for him or Majorca!) Try sending him a PM.
Yellow legs are not unknown on Greenshank-did you also see the rump pattern?