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?ringed plover, St.Davids, West Wales (1 Viewer)
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Hard to make out, but on a tidal beach, assume Common Ringed - it's very rare to get LRP on tidal sand, they are pretty strictly freshwater (unlike Common Ringed, which is happy with either but tends to prefer tidal).
lou salomon
the birdonist
it's a young common ringed, on structure.
pianoman
duck and diver, bobolink and weaver
Apologies to the OP for using this thread, but I was wondering about the enclosed pics, taken a couple of weeks ago in E Ireland.
Presume these are also juvenile RP but they seemed paler than the many other juvenile RP that were around, also much less active. I guess they could even be Dunlin?
Presume these are also juvenile RP but they seemed paler than the many other juvenile RP that were around, also much less active. I guess they could even be Dunlin?
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
I was thinking in UK terms (I've never seen LRP on a UK beach) - but equally, the Black Sea is non-tidal, and nearly fresh, little different to a large reservoir :t:
In the first pic, the top left bird gives jizz of little ringed plover—even looks like it might have an eye ring. However, this is just an artefact: there's no white above the forehead black so it's ringed too.
The middle bird [centre one on 2] isn't a ringed plover at all. Could be dunlin as appears v slightly larger than the ringed plover in 2: if smaller then little stint would be an option [bill looks more like that in 1]. I can't say for sure what it is given these photos, though.
The ringed plovers are adult I think.
pianoman
duck and diver, bobolink and weaver
Thanks Fern
Yes the adults are all Ringed rather than Little Ringed. It was the paler, less marked birds I was wondering about. There were plenty of more normal juvenile RP around but they are not in the pictures
