Sean-Aalkinsan
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Is this a Dunlin, 4 fed on the Saltmarsh in Calshot, again in winter. It was small like a Plover.
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A Dunlin? (1 Viewer)
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Phil Carter
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99% probability.
Phil
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Sean-Aalkinsan
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I hate you! 8-P
No, only joking, but I hate it when you can't be that extra 1% sure.
Could anyone confirm? Or will it be another 99% surer.
Besides Dunlin, is there anything else it could be? I could not have seen any of the otherpossibilities (E.g. Knot).
Jane Turner
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Compare them to the other fuzzy photos that you posted, what similarities can you see. How did they move? How big were they, what shape were their bills?
Here are GreyPlover, Dunlin and (Turnstone) side by side
http://www.birder.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Turnstone, Grey Plover & Dunlins 020511.jpg
Here are GreyPlover, Dunlin and (Turnstone) side by side
http://www.birder.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Turnstone, Grey Plover & Dunlins 020511.jpg
Valéry Schollaert
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100% Dunlin
The Hairy Highlander
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Steve Arlow
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As with previous postings above most likely (99%) to be a Dunlin however there really is no way to be 100% certain on the ID based on these images. It will come down to probabilities along side what little information is available in the pictures.
Dunlin most likely as they do occur inland more often than species such as Knot and a wintering Little Stint is perhaps even less likely and perhaps doesn't fit the pixel heavy images.
Dunlin most likely as they do occur inland more often than species such as Knot and a wintering Little Stint is perhaps even less likely and perhaps doesn't fit the pixel heavy images.
Valéry Schollaert
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Seriously, it is an obvious normal Dunlin. Now, indeed, we cannot exclude a unlikely vagrant such Rock Sandpiper... perfect 100% certainty don't exist... 
John P
Usually on a different wavelength
Steve Arlow
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Didn't know where Calshot was off the top of my head as not mentioned in the posting and the poster is in Buckinghamshire so made assumption that was inland. Perhaps the 'saltmarsh' part should have led me to the coast and where the Spanish Sparrow has been residing.
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