Last spring I found a great spot to photograph lapwings, godwits, snipes and redshanks. As a big surprise this greenshank also passed by. It only stayed for 20 seconds. Just enough time to make a few images. I wished for a cleaner background, but other than that i am quite happy with it.
Great find, angle and details. You did very well in these conditions. It seems there is a slight color cast and I would clone out the white spots underneath the tail.
This is a nice image, Hillebrand. You take what you can get in some cases. (as you mentioned the BG) What I do is take the best image I can of a species and keep it until I can try to get a better one to replace it. :)