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21-01-2012, 01:27 PM
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Hello birders,
Can someone tell me what these shorebirds are, please, presumably in their winter plumage? My guess is knot and a single dunlin, but I'm a birding ignoramus, as you can probably tell! 
This morning, at Bembridge Point, IoW.
Thanks,
Rob
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21-01-2012, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Rambling Rob  Hello birders,
Can someone tell me what these shorebirds are, please, presumably in their winter plumage? My guess is knot and a single dunlin, but I'm a birding ignoramus, as you can probably tell!
This morning, at Bembridge Point, IoW.
Thanks,
Rob | Grey Plover and 1 Duniln.
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21-01-2012, 01:40 PM
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21-01-2012, 01:53 PM
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Thanks guys - one out of two ain't bad! 
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21-01-2012, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Rambling Rob Thanks guys - one out of two ain't bad! | yes grey plover, see the heavy use of eye shadow around the eye and matching black 'beakstick' quite characteristic features once you've got your eye in
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21-01-2012, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton yes grey plover, see the heavy use of eye shadow around the eye and matching black 'beakstick' quite characteristic features once you've got your eye in | Thanks Gill.
I just looked on the rspb site where it mentions 'black armpits in flight' (should that be wingpits?) and I think I've got a bird showing that - although the photo is cropped almost to destruction... 
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Yes the black axillaries are a good ID feature, especially in flight. | | |
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