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Kentish Plover or Little Ringed Plover ? (1 Viewer)
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TwoDipsfromAmsterdam
Anything About?
I'm inclined to go with Kentish, primarily because of the leg colouring but the overall structure looks better for that species.
David
David
Lappkrabben
Well-known member
No wingbars and it has an eyering.
Little Ringed Plover it is
Little Ringed Plover it is
eagle golden
Well-known member
I would go with kentish, mainly same as david, mc
StuartReeves
Local rarity
Agreed.
Lappkrabben
Well-known member
Ok, please teach me how to id a Kentish on structure and not on plumage features.
StuartReeves
Local rarity
As Lappkrabben points out, in the flight shot here the bird does not show a prominent wingstripe, hence it cannot be a Kentish.
midlands birder
Well-known member
Even from the grounded shots, it looks like an LRP to me, so yeah + 1 for LRP
MB
MB
John Cantelo
Well-known member
It's a juv. Little Ringed Plover.
KP would show an obvious wing bar. This bird has a basically plain wing with just a hint of pale edgings to the coverts - typical for LRP. The eyering (= LRP) is hard to see (but I think it's there!). The bird also looks 'capped' as it lacks supercilium and much of a white forehead - typical of juv. LRP. The bill looks better for LRP too. The shape is hard to judge as it's end on (and the tele lens will distort the image a little). The only KP feature appears to be dark legs BUT LRPs in this sort of mud frequently seem to have dark legs (the leg to the left looks distinctly paler too),
KP would show an obvious wing bar. This bird has a basically plain wing with just a hint of pale edgings to the coverts - typical for LRP. The eyering (= LRP) is hard to see (but I think it's there!). The bird also looks 'capped' as it lacks supercilium and much of a white forehead - typical of juv. LRP. The bill looks better for LRP too. The shape is hard to judge as it's end on (and the tele lens will distort the image a little). The only KP feature appears to be dark legs BUT LRPs in this sort of mud frequently seem to have dark legs (the leg to the left looks distinctly paler too),
nickderry
C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
don't see where the idea of kentish comes in here at all, the flight views show a lack of wingbar and on the ground the structure is wrong for kentish (which is a heavy-headed almost rear-less plover) and the head pattern is great for LRP with a diffuse hardly noticeable buff supercilium. Certainly LRP for me.
Cheshire Birder
Well-known member
No doubt about it. In my view can only be LRP
CB
CB
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Lrp.
A pic that show the wing of a true Kentish Plover;
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=38&Bird_ID=1034&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=38&Bird_ID=1034&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Juv LRP. As has been pointed out the final shot shows no wingbar plus there is a thin yellow eyering in the first two photos. The dark looking legs could be down to staining or a photographic artifact, the rather thin, longish looking bill in the first photo is due to a slight burning out of the shot ( IMO ).
Chris
Chris
Jane Turner
Well-known member
ANyone want to try for a Citrine Wag in the 1st photo 
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