Japan - Tokyo Bay area: wader identification (2 Viewers)

[Ross Thompson]

Hello there

I was looking over photos I took at the Tokyo Bay area today, and I noticed some slightly errant birds in a flock of Dunlin. They are very similar, but have a slightly different posture and longer, thinner bills that seem to have a different colour. At least one of them also appears to have been ringed. I know they're, in all probability, Dunlins, but knowing the danger zone that is peep-identification, I thought it best to check.

Apologies for the quality of the photos. I had to really zoom in to see the differences.

Thanks in advance

 

[THE_FERN]

Suspect just individual variation. I don't see any very clear differences