Waders, plovers and Whiskered Tern
Confirmed the first Dunlin of the season. In the paddies there were Long-toed Stint, Red-necked Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Marsh Sandpiper and Black-winged Stilt, among others. On the coast there were also good numbers of Pacific Golden Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Grey-tailed Tattler and Greater Sand Plover. Whiskered Tern could be seen in flocks of a few birds up to around twenty at various points across the island.
First Dunlin of the season. It was a juvenile.
Pacific Golden Plover, winter plumage.
Greater Sand Plover, winter plumage.
Ruddy Turnstone, adult. Moulting into winter plumage.
Red-necked Stint, juvenile.
Long-toed Stint (foreground) and Red-necked Stint. Both juveniles.
Greater Painted-snipe, adult male.
White-winged Tern, first-winter.
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