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Thursday 28th October 2004, 20:40
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Easy Wader ID's Please :-)
Hello,
Easy for everyone but me! It being all quiet on the insect front I thought it was time to get back to birding and took a small picnic to my local reserve. There were small flocks of Lapwings and larger flocks of the birds below. I have no idea what the gulls are but think the others may be Golden Plover? There were also smaller birds - I've shown them with Lapwings for size. Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers Jen  |
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Thursday 28th October 2004, 21:03
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Picture 1: Gulls look like Black Headed Gulls, with a large flock of Golden Plover
Picture 2: Lapwing and Golden Plover Picture 3: Lapwing and two possible Dunlin? Picture 4: One possible Little Stint? (a bit of a guess)
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Thursday 28th October 2004, 22:49
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I think the birds are: Pic 1. Black-headed Gulls and Golden Plovers. Pic 2. Golden Plovers. Pic 3. Curlew Sandpipers. Pic 4. Sanderling. Regards from Donana. John. |
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Friday 29th October 2004, 06:51
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BHG and GP
Lapwing and GP Lapwing and Dunlin Lapwing and Dunlin |
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Friday 29th October 2004, 07:44
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The first two Calidrids are definately Dunlin... the last one doesn't look like one at all to me Chris looks like a winter plumage stint to me
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Friday 29th October 2004, 07:46
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I´d agree with Chris:
Blackheaded Gulls + Golden Plovers Lapwing + Golden plovers Lapwing and Dunlin Lapwing and Dunlin (The bill looks shorter than it is , because it is partly hidden behind this light shell thingy, I think) |
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Friday 29th October 2004, 07:52
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Friday 29th October 2004, 07:54
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Friday 29th October 2004, 08:02
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Friday 29th October 2004, 08:33
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yep,
you are right, the bill is probably in front of the shell thingy- so I ´ll join the stint camp |
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Friday 29th October 2004, 08:40
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You can see a hind toe????? Well: Little Stint, then!
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Friday 29th October 2004, 08:41
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I say Little Stint based on the white forehead area above the bill, eye patch above and behind the eye and the brown on the feathers on it's back...look in the collins book and it's a dead ringer for winter plumage Little Stint!
But still might be wrong!
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Friday 29th October 2004, 09:40
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Bug Babe
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Blimey!
Well, I thought I was watching the same birds. Duh. I can now see that the bill is shorter on one of them and plumage is different. Here are the rest of the pics (in no particular order) without shell thingies etc - hopefully they should help solve it. Many thanks for gulls and Plovers. Jen  Last edited by Fuchsia : Friday 29th October 2004 at 09:44. |
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Friday 29th October 2004, 09:53
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All but the last one are Dunlin. I'll stick with little Stint for that.
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Friday 29th October 2004, 10:11
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I'll agree with Chris.
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