Please help identify (1 Viewer)

Furball man

Member

• Jun 6, 2013

• #1

So sorry but the photos I took didnt come our well.

This was near my home at Lee cove , near ilfracombe just as tide had turned .

Best description was a coastal wader , brown,sandy & white ,black beak about 13 cm. To me, it looked like a little Stint but I think I'm the wrong part of the country . A Temminicks Stint?


Thank you so much in advance

 

Jon Turner

Well-known member

• Jun 6, 2013

• #2

Wouldn't be Temminck's. Extremely rare and usually associated with fresh water. Can you attach pics? Common Sandpiper?

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Jun 6, 2013

• #3

Summer plumaged Sanderling? They are very different from the birds we see in winter (back in the 70's one was, originally, accepted as a Red-necked Stint - on Fair Isle! ).

Chris

 

Furball man

Member

• Jun 7, 2013

• #4

Jon Turner said:

Wouldn't be Temminck's. Extremely rare and usually associated with fresh water. Can you attach pics? Common Sandpiper?

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Thanks, seemed way too small for a Sandpiper . It really fitted the description of a Stint. Very defined plumage

 

Furball man

Member

• Jun 7, 2013

• #5

Yeah a bit like a sanderling but maybe small, it's legs weren't as extended as a sandpiper

 

Furball man

Member

• Jun 12, 2013

• #6

Saw it again & it must be a Little Stint. Very cute little chap... I'm popping down today so I'll try and get a photo

 

Samuel Perfect

Well-known member

• Jun 12, 2013

• #7

Furball man said:

So sorry but the photos I took didnt come our well.

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No worries if it's poor quality, any photo will help narrow the ID down