Black-tailed godwit

First two photos are new of the same potting, showing the features of the godwit (bill and plumage) much more clearly.

Just thought I'd ask as I have another similar spotting which I decided was a snipe yesterday. :) But looking at photos, I think the black-tailed godwit, for this spotting, is right. Will update later. Thanks to you, Steven, and to Daniele for the help. :)

Slight chance, though the bill is too thin and the head is too small on your specimen to be a Common Snipe.

Any possibility this could be a common snipe as well?

I've given your suggestion a +1 Steven! The Bar-tailed Godwit is also a migrating bird in Europe; but this spotting is a better match for the Black-tailed Godwit.

Thanks Daniele, im almost certain this is a non-breeding Black-Tail Godwit, I was initially drawn to the Dowitcher genus, Limnodromus, though i found out they only occur in american and asian regions. In Australia we have the Bar-tailed and Black-tailed Godwit, two of four in the Genus Limosa. I have seen both and this bird matches the description of a Black-tailed Godwit, which i found also occurs in Portugal.

You're right about the straight bill Dangermouse... Now I like SteveSpragg's suggestion: the bill is straight with this one. Also, it's mostly orange with black on the tip and this fits with your pic. This would be the non-breeding plumage.

Thanks for the ID suggestion, Steven. Possible that it's a godwit with winter plumage...will research it properly later.

Thanks for the suggestions, Daniele. I wasn't sure about it being a curlew as the bill seems very straight, too straight for a curlew. Definitely not whimbrel - wrong time of the year for them. The area is coastal - they are man-made salt flats near the sea. Will continue to research this one, but thanks for your help. :)

Hmmm, hard to say dangermouse, but I'd offer 3 possibilities: Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata), or Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) (I'm not sure whether these are already supposed to have reach Portugal by now...), or Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) if it was at a marsh (but this looks like seashore to me?)