Presumed Little Stint, Islay (1 Viewer)

Simon M

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• Sep 1, 2013

• #1

I decided this was the best venue for this. A friend of mine (who's kind of a birder but not super into ID) uploaded this shot to her facebook. It was present at Machair Bay, Islay on 30th August. As far as I can see it's most likely a Little Stint and I'm not sure it's possible to advance the ID beyond that given the photo, but I thought it would be worth putting up here in case anyone was on or near to Islay and had chance to stop by, especially given the current weather. She has other photos but can't access them until Wednesday, so hopefully should be resolvable eventually.

 

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Jane Turner

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• Sep 1, 2013

• #2

Mostly likely yes but I'd like view of the mantle - can't see obvious mantle lines but also can possibly see apparent solid dark centres to the rear scaps.

 

Simon M

Well-known member

• Sep 5, 2013

• #3

So I finally got higher res shots through and the penny dropped straight away. Despite the seemingly long-necked and stint-like pose, it's a juv. Sanderling! I can upload the close-ups if anyone really cares that much.

 

Jane Turner

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• Sep 6, 2013

• #4

You can see the missing hind toe on reflection

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• Sep 6, 2013

• #5

Jane Turner said:

You can see the missing hind toe on reflection

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Oxymoron alert!

If I was in Islay at the moment I'd definitely be looking quite hard through the small waders.

 

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RichC

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• Sep 7, 2013

• #6

There's been a few little stint around Skye of late.
http://www.skye-birds.com/reports
Rgds
RichC