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| I found what I thought was a moulting adult White-rumped Sandpiper among Dunlin. It was very distant but the small size, elongated shape, shortish bill and white underparts with mottled breast band were clear to see. A Peregrine flushed the wader flock and I managed a few flight photos, when the camera/lens decided to focus that is. A couple of photos revealed something odd. |
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| Back row, fourth bird from left. Distinctive shape and small size obvious. |
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| Almost middle of back row. Feeding action was more methodical than the W-r Sands I've seen in the past, and was similar to Dunlin. |
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| Right hand most bird. Terrible photo but size and slender shape still clear. |
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| Bottom right. I wasn't ready with the camera when they flew past hence the blur. |
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| Bird is bottom and left of centre. A thin dark line connecting rump to tail is clear to see. A brief look on the internet at photos of Hybrid W-r Sand X Dunlins taken in North America seems to show that unlike this one the majority look much more like Dunlins in size and structure. It was a shame this bird was too distant to study in detail. |
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| Bird is in right hand group of Dunlin about 12th one in. Strong white wing bar like Dunlin. |
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| The small group of wheeling Dunlin became a bigger group and all I could do was press the shutter. The clean white underparts and shortish bill of the bird in the bottom left group (about 7 0'clock ) might be it. Heavily cropped below. |
