Dunlin or Curlew Sand (UK) (2 Viewers)

[Roy C]

Dunlin or Curlew Sand (UK) taken in Sept

 

[Butty]

It always helps to wait until a bird lifts its head up!
Until it does that... Has a curlew sand look: scallopy upperparts, decent supercilium, nothing obviously juv-dunlinny about the underparts. Legs look a bit short though.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Rump looks white as well; it would be on my list as Curlew Sandpiper.

 

[JWN Andrewes]

What can be seen of the curvature of the culmen also looks better for Curlew Sand

 

[Jon Turner]

Dunlin or Curlew Sand (UK) taken in SeptView attachment 1441410

Hi Roy, where was this taken? I would also be leaning towards CS surely a Dunlin would show some dark on the flanks?

 

[Strontium Dog]

Isn't that "anchor" feather pattern another pointer towards Curlew Sandpiper?

 

[Simon G]

Primary projection beyond the tertials is also quite a lot longer than it typically appears in Dunlin. Is this feature consistent enough for ID? Curlew Sandpipers certainly tend to show a long attennuated rear.

 

[Roy C]

Hi Roy, where was this taken? I would also be leaning towards CS surely a Dunlin would show some dark on the flanks?

Hello Jon, It was taken on the banks of the Caen just before the start of Horsey - just in over from the toll road.

 

[Roy C]

Thank you for all the replies folk - Curlew sand it is then.

 

[Jon Turner]

Hello Jon, It was taken on the banks of the Caen just before the start of Horsey - just in over from the toll road.

Last year?

 

[Roy C]

Last year?

Sept as stated in text Jon (a few years ago)