thanks for that, I did think it may have been that after looking through a couple of bird books and google, and thanks for the link too, I originally tried looking for a thread similar, but for some reason kept coming up blank.
Hi Matt, it's a Black-tailed Godwit in winter plumage. If you want something identified it's best posted in the link below as I only saw this by chance.
ww2.rspb.org.uk/.../902.aspx