The dark sandpiper is one of the rarest and least known species of wintering shorebirds from our shores. Unlike its congeners, that frequent beaches, bays and estuaries, the sandpiper prefers dark coves, cliffs and crags, subject to the pounding waves, a circumstance that significantly hinders observation. Also frequent artificial constructions, such as jetties and breakwaters, Whenever they are exposed to waves.
This limicola, breeding around the Arctic, a place he left in July to meet in the northern islands, in August-September, they go to their usual winter in the North Sea, so its presence on our shores, is not the most common.
It feeds on invertebrates, but in breeding season, may include plant matter in their diet.
The nest is located on the ground and consists of a small cup covered with willow leaves.
The development of three or four eggs, takes place between mid May and mid July. Incubation lasts 21 to 22 days, after which the chicks are born, which like almost all waders are very precocious.
bird is a very confident, the last two photos are taken at 200 mm. (As at 1 - 1.5 mts.'s Target).