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Help to identify this wader seen today in Essex UK (1 Viewer)

sammyperrett

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Sorry for poor picture quality.
Don't know if anyone can please help to identify this water seen on the coast
Thanks for any belp.
 

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bar-tailed godwit I believe. Just saw a vote before me for black-tailed. How do you tell these apart? I thought bar-tailed looked more streaky whereas black-tailed looked more scalloped.

edit again: warmer tones to the chest and head = black-tailed ?
 
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