Wader ID south wales (1 Viewer)

[Owene]

Any thoughts on the long billed wader in front of the Ringed Plover

As well as ringed plover there were Grey Plovers, Sanderling, Turnstone, Oystercatcher none of which fit to my eye. The site is known for purple sandpiper which I spent a lot of time looking for but didn't find but again the bill seems wrong

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Dunlin 👍🏼

 

[Owene]

Dunlin 👍🏼

Thanks I did just consider that but would have expected to see more than 1

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Owene,

do you have more pictures?
I agree with Daniel, the bird you asked for is a Dunlin.

But two thoughts:

• if you have more pictures, then the might well act as some kind of "hidden picture game" and might well produce a Purple Sandpiper.
• what is the bird just right of the Dunlin? First gut feeling is,its a Redshank. But it might well be another Dunlin, and brown upperparts seems wrong for a Purple SP. I hope for more pictures and comments. Thanks!

 

[Owene]

I’ve got a few mixed ones. Im
Going out in a minute but I’ll post later. The dunlin stood out as different in bins even though I couldn’t Id it so I took some maximum zoom shots of the general location

I’d guess that is a second dunlin. I didn’t see any active dunlin at all but there could have been sleeping ones

 

[THE_FERN]

I think there's a second dunlin to the left (same size, black legs) and that the bird to the right is probably redshank as Alex says (looks a bit larger, seems more grey than brown)

 

[Owene]

Hello Owene,

do you have more pictures?
I agree with Daniel, the bird you asked for is a Dunlin.

But two thoughts:

• if you have more pictures, then the might well act as some kind of "hidden picture game" and might well produce a Purple Sandpiper.
• what is the bird just right of the Dunlin? First gut feeling is,its a Redshank. But it might well be another Dunlin, and brown upperparts seems wrong for a Purple SP. I hope for more pictures and comments. Thanks!

here we go, where's wally of common british waders




I think we just have backward facing turnstones as mystery birds in this one


Backward facing Ringed Plovers?



Dunlin?



sleepy Sanderling?



Dunlin, can see the summer plumage belly on one
Left bird looks different, probably sanderling

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,
thanks for the new pictures. I cant detect a Purple SP, but maybe others can?

Picture 1 I agree with you, center bird is a Turnstone for me, too
Picture 2 difficult, but I think there are three Dunlins (dark legs in the right bird, dark-olive-brown upperparts, weak v on mantle on the left bird, a feature?)
Picture 3 yes, Dunlin for me, too
Picture 4 difficult for me. Yes, it might well be a Sanderling. But it seems smaller than the Dunlin and the Ringed Plover. Most Sanderlings seems slightly larger than both species, despite beeing same size
Picture 5: I see 4 Dunlins among the Ringed Plovers