Saturday, September 8, 2012

Waders

adult Red-necked stint
Morning visit to Khok Kham with Graham Gordon provided a good selection of waders including three Great Knot, c200 Red-necked Stint, a juvenile Little Stint side-by side with a juv RNS, c30 Long-toed Stint including one juvenile, c400 Lesser Sandplovers, 30+ Broad-billed Sandpipers (including several juveniles), a single Bar-tailed Godwit in the company of ten or so Blackwits, two Terek Sandpipers, c.20 Whimbrel, at least seven Ruddy Turnstones, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Greenshank, Common and Wood Sandpipers, Pacific Golden Plover and LRP.

Adult Broad-billed Sandpiper
a poor shot of a very fine juv Long-toed Stint

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