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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.
Any news of interest regarding the ongoing erosion problems on Pagham Beach will, from now on, be shown on my other blog together with general beach photos.. Click on the link... Pagham Beach Blog on this page.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Breech Pool again!

 Following overnight rain, this morning dawned bright and sunny and I hurried down to the North Wall  to attempt to improve on my shots of the Little Stint taken  in less than ideal conditions yesterday afternoon.

On arrival I found Dave Potter with his camera trained on the very spot where the Stint was yesterday but alas, no stint today! However he pointed out a large Dunlin which he reckoned was a Curlew Sandpiper! After much debate and discussion a question mark hung over the ID! Eventually we were joined by Andrew House who did not have a problem....adult Curlew Sandpiper...what else?

Well of course it is and from the images below there cannot be any doubt...my only niggle now is that maybe it IS a juvenile.


There's my white rump!




A little bit of a peach wash on the breast.


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