?sanderling/little stint, Gower (1 Viewer)

marnixR

WYSIWYG

• Aug 26, 2020

• #1

saw these waders mingle with dunlins at Whiteford Sands (north-western tip of the Gower peninsula) earlier today - they're the ones in the foreground of the group of waders

not sure what they are, my best guess is sanderling or little stint - am i close ?

 

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aythya_hybrid

real name Jonathan Dean

• Aug 26, 2020

• #2

The birds in the foreground are Sanderling. In the first photo, there are 3 Sanderling in the foreground, with a juvenile Dunlin second from the right. Among other features, you can see the Dunlin is slightly smaller than the Sanderlings, which straight away rules out Little Stint.

 

marnixR

WYSIWYG

• Aug 26, 2020

• #3

thanks - i wasn't quite sure about the relative sizes of the 3 types of wader

 

dwatsonbirder

Well-known member

• Aug 26, 2020

• #4

Perhaps another helpful pointer - Sanderling can be separated from all other similar species by the lack of hind toe.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Aug 26, 2020

• #5

In the second photo there are 3 Dunlins and 6 Sanderlings.

 

RafaelMatias

Unknown member

• Aug 27, 2020

• #6

Microtus said:

In the second photo there are 3 Dunlins and 6 Sanderlings.

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Rather 4 Dunlin vs 5 Sanderling

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Aug 27, 2020

• #7

RafaelMatias said:

Rather 4 Dunlin vs 5 Sanderling

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:eek!: