IDs please

[sleipnerofasgard]

Looking for a few ticks for my collection, the first i am hoping are the elusive Twite i found while trying to get Snow Buntings



Next i would like some Sanderlings



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last of all ,not expecting any new ticks here as i think Black Tailed Godwit and possibly Dunlin



cheers
Frank

[ChrisJB]

Yes for Twite and Sanderling. Bill of godwit looks slightly upturned to me, so I'd say Bar-Tailed.
Well done on the Twite, great little birds. An old country name is the 'Yellow Neb Lintie'.

Regards, Chris

[Picidae]

Yes Twite for the first pic
Sanderling
Godwit with Dunlin. Hard to make out whether Bar-tailed or Black-Tailed, bill looks a little upcurved and seems quite dark on the mantle so possibly Bar-T!

[leifus]

both ids are correct

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by sleipnerofasgard

Looking for a few ticks for my collection, the first i am hoping are the elusive Twite i found while trying to get Snow Buntings

Frank

If you're looking for ticks shouldn't this be in the inverts forum? j/k...

I'm not crash-hot on waders but the twites are correct!

Why do snow buntings and twite often turn up on beaches? It can't be for building sandcastles... it just seems an unlikely place when they eat seeds, unless it's possible some float inland on the sea?!

[Tracey.A]

On the coast in winter Twite will eat seeds from sea-aster, marsh samphire, thrift and sea-rocket. According to my books they will take some invertabrates.

Tracey

[Jason Green]

...oh, thanks Tracey

[Tracey.A]

You're very welcome Jason I had to look it up, because I didn't realize that Twite visited coastal areas in winter

Tracey

[Gill Catton]

Originally Posted by Tracey.A

On the coast in winter Twite will eat seeds from sea-aster, marsh samphire, thrift and sea-rocket. According to my books they will take some invertabrates.

Tracey

I wonder if the seeds near the coast (and you don't get much closer than saltmarsh) stay free of frost for longer due to the inevitable saltyness of their environment?

In which case, why venture further inland from a long migratory flight if you're already better off for food where you made landfall?

[Tracey.A]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

I wonder if the seeds near the coast (and you don't get much closer than saltmarsh) stay free of frost for longer due to the inevitable saltyness of their environment?

In which case, why venture further inland from a long migratory flight if you're already better off for food where you made landfall?

I hadn't thought about that Gill That makes perfect sense to me

Tracey