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Sunday, July 3, 2022

An interesting Dunlin at Fly Flatts, (permit only)

                                    Very rare for me to get a juv Dunlin through
                               This pale bird stood out like a Sanderling.


                       Possible alpina, larger and longer billed than r.h. schinzii




                                         juv Wheatear
                                         ad male Wheatear
                                                           several Oystercatchers around

                                            male Ringed Plover
                                              guarding juv Ringed Plover.




                                          another good count of Dunlin.



A decent morning up on the tops with a brisk W>3 with 80% cloud and odd bursts of sunshine at 11 degrees. Early low cloud blanking the wind turbines soon cleared.
                          Another active wader morning, again with a good Dunlin count and now 5 Wheatear present whilst Swifts piled through continuous.
                           A scan with the bins picked up a distant very pale wader making me think Sanderling but a closer view produced a Dunlin. This I believe to be a juvenile as opposed to a adult in moult as, although it is early for a passing juv, adult birds moult on migration starting around August and continuing into the winter.
                        The bird was noticeably larger and longer billed than our common schinzii making me think possible race alpina or otherwise, just a female, but either way its rare to get a juv Dunlin through Fly Flatts.
                The juv Ringed Plover was still present and being protected by the adult male whilst it was sad to see the adult female still beside the dead chick and still protecting it.

FLY FLATTS
15 Dunlin + 1 juv
2 Ringed Plover +1 juv
5 Common Sandpiper +  2 juv
2 Redshank + 3 juv
4 Oystercatchers
5 Wheatear,  1m, 2f, 2 juv
1 Snipe
2 LBB gull
several Swift........>S
4 Curlew..............>S
2 Curlew present
BS