ML573671261

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Observation details

Single bird reported to us earlier in the day by Joost Brandsma which was pretty mobile and had apparently disappeared by 11am, despite returning to safety of a small Dunlin flock. After about 3 hours Therese and I relocated the bird in the NE corner around 4pm where it had joined another Temmincks. Useful size comparison with nearby DUNL. Very infrequently took flight while feeding together. More mobile when separated. Eventually got much closer views of a single bird on the north side where we got a couple of locals on the bird. Adult coming into breeding plumage with strong black centres to coverts and black on scap straps. Gingerbread tones to upper body. Pale, short warm-yellow legs, short black bill, quite dumpy jizz, especially when feeding: feeding behavior like a slow squat LESA. Cleanly delimited breast band on both birds which ran to upper wing edge when folded - reminiscent of Pec Sand. Second bird slightly grayer but showed black feather centers equally well. Almost inseparable when feeding together and reluctant to move far, the last individual in pics particularly, but when flushed by Lapwing showed same fieldmarks including white outer retrices and 2 contrasting black central retrices. At no point did either bird run as per typical Calidris spp.

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