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138mph

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2006-09-24 Norfolk UK, sorry for image quality.
1. male and female Ruff?
The other three pictures are of a single group of birds, suggestion made at the time was Little Stint for the smallest of them.

Thanks in advance,
Hugh
 

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The first shot is of ruff, the next three show a mixed flock of dunlin (larger birds) and little stint (smaller birds).
 
1. Ruff, pale bird an adult, browner birds juveniles but hard to sex (at least for me!) because of difficulty in assessing size.
2. 2 Little Stints and 2 Dunlin, back right bird hard to be sure of but possibly dark looking Little Stint.
3. Small waders all look like Little Stints from what can be seen. Larger bird Dunlin.
4. Little Stints plus Dunlin.
 
john barclay said:
Can't add to the above I'ds but a nice evocative set of autumn pics. Which reserve were they on????

John.

Looks like Titchwell to me, probably taken from island hide...
 
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