Unidentified Sandpipers

[Picidae]

Originally Posted by gannetmod

Well, as Big Bill says, this bird recognition is a very difficult thing and I understand why so many birds are simply referred to as "LBJs" by the likes of me!
I managed to send both pictures to the RSPB and their response was that #1 (the left hand image - bird looking at the camera) is a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper and the other one is a juvenile Dunlin.
Many thanks for your responses.
Regards
Richard

Well, not so doped up on drugs now! I did consider a juv Bairds for the first one but was a bit out of it that night! I'm now inclined to agree with my initial feelings having had a closer look. Anyway, I guess this is the one you're referring to Richard, seen at Marazion Sept 19-22nd - looks like it could be the same bird which had actually been around for a while.
Iris
click on above link

I presume you knew one was in the area hence the confusion with the juv Dunlin?

[gannetmod]

Someone did tell us the bird was a Baird's Sandpiper, but it was two days later we went back and that's when I took the photos and thought there were two sandpipers within a few feet of each other.
Thanks to all for your efforts: and I am the wiser for it.
Richard

[Fauna]

Originally Posted by gannetmod

Can anyone identify these two birds please?
The pictures were taken on Marazion Beach (Cornwall) on Sept 21st. I think picture #2 may be a Baird's Sandpiper, but the other bird is slightly different and I cannot identify it from my references (Little Stint maybe?).

Could the bird in pic 1 be a Curlew sandpiper, got showed one the other week and it looked similar to this (i think)...waders confuse me

[dunlin]

Originally Posted by Fauna

Could the bird in pic 1 be a Curlew sandpiper, got showed one the other week and it looked similar to this (i think)...waders confuse me

I thought juv curlew sandpiper for the first pic so your not on your own fauna
and as mick said juv dunlin for the second pic so one out of two aint bad.
regards mark.......

[Morph]

Originally Posted by gannetmod

Well, as Big Bill says, this bird recognition is a very difficult thing and I understand why so many birds are simply referred to as "LBJs" by the likes of me!
I managed to send both pictures to the RSPB and their response was that #1 (the left hand image - bird looking at the camera) is a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper and the other one is a juvenile Dunlin.
Many thanks for your responses.
Regards
Richard

Allthough on this occasion I have to agree to the RSPB response, I wouldn't take all they say as gospel. I once sent a black & white picture of an (I found out later) Australian Banded Lapwing for ID and they thought it was an Indian Red-wattled Lapwing. Even taking into account the B&W picture they are not all that similar.