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Title: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: Owen on 17:36:24, 02/05/19

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Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: sunnydale on 21:08:11, 02/05/19

Hi Owen, :)


I'm not 100% sure....but I think your Dunlin is actually a Golden Plover.  It certainly looks like one in the first shot, anyway.
The habitat is perfect for G.P's too. Dunlin are small waders, usually found along the coast.


Tracey :)

Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: Owen on 21:33:47, 02/05/19

I've no idea really, so I asked on the "Scottish bird and wildlife" facebook page. Thay all seem to agree Dunlin. I think it's a bit small for a GP, about sparrow size. I thought it was a Common Sandpiper, as I said I've no idea.

Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: Jac on 07:46:08, 03/05/19

 Coupled with your (addition) of small size I would agree with the dunlin identification. Many waders nest on moorland areas. We only see them on the estuaries down south in muted winter plumage; what a gorgeous bird it is in breeding colours.

Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: sunnydale on 09:20:09, 03/05/19

Ah...well I stand corrected!lol  It's hard to tell the size of a bird from a photograph sometimes :-\  Now if you'd said it was small in the first place...... ;)

Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: Jac on 09:51:04, 03/05/19

Quote from: sunnydale on 09:20:09, 03/05/19

Ah...well I stand corrected!lol  It's hard to tell the size of a bird from a photograph sometimes :-\  Now if you'd said it was small in the first place...... ;)

O0

Title: Re: Dunlin in the Cairngorms.
Post by: Ralph on 11:42:24, 03/05/19

Definitely a Dunlin in summer plumage, loses black belly in autumn when usually seen on coast.