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Dunlin invasion at St Ives (1 Viewer)

Chris Oates

Why does a Black-headed Gull have a brown head...
I've been seeing a flock of 50 Dunlin at Bamaluz beach for a week, I assumed they were the Hayle birds on a day out as I'd seen them lift off to the east but they were actually relocating to Lambeth walk where the Turnstones are fed by Capn' Phil during the winter.
Today another 262 are reported at Porthmeor beach.
This is most unusual - we don't get Waders here - in ten years I've seen a (single) Redshank, Sanderling and a Godwit plus the weird Little Egret that has decided that St Ives grub with a diesel aftertaste is better than Hayle food.
 
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