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Paljassaare hoiuala - Estonia (1 Viewer)

hi all. I went birdwatching to Paljassaare hoiuala reserve (next to Tallinn) in Estonia today and I am unsure about the ID of the birds in these pics. Can you please help with their ID?
These are my guessed IDs:
Pic 1: dunlin
Pics 2-5: these are heavily cropped because the birds was far away. I think it's a stint (Temminck's?), and pic 2 there is a yellow wagtail (I think!) for size comparison
Pics 6-7: are these all juvenile common terns?
Pics 8-9: serin?

thank you for your help!
 

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Hello,
I agree with you and Roland,

1 Dunlin is correct for me too
2 Temmincks Stint is correct, Yellow Wagtail too (just guessable yellowish cast to belly and dark, not pale and 110% pure grey back and very narrow and straight supercilium excludes White Wagtail)

I skip the second Terns, especially the left one is hard for me. Thanks Roland!

The Serin is a Yellowhammer imo just by gut feeling and head pattern and just visible tail pattern
 

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