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Author: Jeffreycfy    Time: 30/08/2016 19:02     Subject: ID please

Not sure whether it is a kind of Sandpiper or not.



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Author: ajohn    Time: 31/08/2016 19:45

It's a Whimbrel (which is related to sandpipers, so you were close). This is a juvenile and the bill has not yet fully grown but you can see the downturn characteristic of whimbrel and curlews.
Author: Jeffreycfy    Time: 1/09/2016 10:17

Thank you.



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