Pin-tailed Snipe numbers drop as Swinhoe's Snipe increase
By mid-September the Pin-tailed Snipe numbers are falling and Swinhoe's Snipe are coming to dominate. After this, a second wave of Pin-tailed Snipe is expected.
Juvenile Red-necked Stints have started arriving. Long-toed Stint, Common Greenshank, Dunlin, and Superb Lyrebird are also present.
The only Pin-tailed Snipe of the day was at the far end of the paddy field — a long way off….
A flock of Swinhoe's Snipe. All juveniles.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. The scapulars appear to be moulting into winter plumage.
A large Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile. This one is still very much in juvenile plumage.
Another Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
Yet another Swinhoe's Snipe juvenile.
A Common Moorhen closing in on a Swinhoe's Snipe.
A heavily worn Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
Juvenile Red-necked Stints have finally started to come through.
Dunlin juvenile.
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