plover ID

[thebeard]

saw this today at Attenborough, not sure what it is. i was thinking it could be a juvenile ringed or little ringed plover. any ideas?

apologies for the small photo, highly cropped!!!

[tigertom]

looking at pic would say ringed plover adult yellow on bill would rule out little ringed plover looks as if it may well be in molt. Dont think juv ringed plover would show any yellow on bill yet adults will also lose this for winter.
MIKE

[RoyW]

Little Ringed Plover, a first year bird.

I can't see any yellow on the bill (only viewing on my phone though), and the lack of white above the eye + slim shape are typical of LRP.

[tigertom]

Did think of LRP at 1st but on second photo dos seem to have yellow on bill and black ring on neck looks more like that of RP and looks as if it is in molt. smallsize of photo dos make it hard to be sure though.
MIKE

[solus]

Little Ringed Plover for me too. That thin bill, for a start... and I can't see any colour on the bill on my PC monitor, although the pics are still very small. Not that a juv. RP would show yellow colour there anyway. There is no white above the eye which there would be in a RP, even a juvenile.

Oh, and birds in the UK moult!

[nikolai_avenger]

Juv. LRP also noted on Attenborough website from 17 Jul. Still looking for any sort of plover at Attenborough myself.

Well spotted!

Cheers. Nik.

[tigertom]

LRP juv it is, now I have had a look at both pics again only looked at second pic at 1st and what I thought was was yellow is white above base of bill, think I should of looked at both pics 1st time, I got that ID wrong and the spelling of moult SORRY
MIKE

[thebeard]

many thanks!!! nik - i've seen a few LRPs at attenborough now, late april is best! this one was on the first spit on the tween pond as you look from the new(ish) viewing screen from the main path from the visitor centre. only a couple of metres away was a greenshank too! excellent!