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Multiple birds in Camargue wetlands, France (1 Viewer)

ParisNorway

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I'm a beginner, and started my lifelist just 1,5 years ago. I have some tentative identifications of birds in Camargue wetlands, France. Specific location: Pont de Gau Ornithological Park.
Date: early October (this year).

I will be very grateful for confirmation of my ID, or - where I am wrong - pointing out the feature of the bird in the photo that allows to correctly identify it.

#1: Ruff?
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#2: Common sandpiper?
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#3: Some of the white-black ones are probably Pied avocets? Anything else recognizable here other than flamingos?
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#4: Some Pied avocets here as well?
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#5: Eurasian teals (Anas crecca)? Or simply mallards?
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#6: Spotted redshank?

Because of the downward pointing beak tip
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#7: Common sandpiper? Or common redshank?
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#8: Common ringed plovers?
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#9: Common redshank? Marsh sandpiper? Common sandpiper (beak too long, isn't it?)?
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#10: Eurasian reed warbler?
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#11: Eurasian reed warbler?
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#12: I can't identify anything in this mass :) But maybe somebody can?
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Thank you in advance :)

 

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Viewing on phone so probably not seeing everything...

Mostly right.

In 3 most others are ruff, perhaps some redshank

8 look better for little ringed (eg dull legs)

10 zitting cisticola/fan-tailed warbler

12 mostly if not all teal
 
10 zitting cisticola/fan-tailed warbler
Thank you for your help. Any particular feature I should focus on (not that is much to focus on, with small size of image and all), to notice the difference from Eurasian reed warbler? Almost equal numbers of zitting cisticolas and Eurasian reed warblers have been spotted in Camargue according to eBird.
 
Thank you for your help. Any particular feature I should focus on (not that is much to focus on, with small size of image and all), to notice the difference from Eurasian reed warbler? Almost equal numbers of zitting cisticolas and Eurasian reed warblers have been spotted in Camargue according to eBird.
Compare bills for start. Also see that zitting plumage is "bitty" (less uniform) cf reed warbler. If you were able to see more of each than here there'd be lots of other differences...
 
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