On my last post I told of the
sighting of a Little Stint at Rye Harbour that walked close in front of the
Stephen Denny hide, well although at the time I called Little Stint and the
other birders in the hide seemed to be happy with what they were seeing I did
suggest to Chiddy that maybe it wasn’t a Stint but, in fact, was maybe a Sanderling.
Over the past few days and since posting the pictures I’ve re-looked at the
photos and realised that there has been a mistake made and the bird is a summer
plumaged Sanderling and not a Little Stint as first described. In my defence
there is not a lot of Sanderling sightings on my Stour Valley patch, I have
never seen one there, and all the Little Stints are a lot further out. Also I think
this is the first time I have seen a summer plumage Sanderling as I am more
used to the grey winter birds that I used to see around the Thanet coast when I
lived in Broadstairs. Many apologies and a lesson to be learned in taking for
granted what you see through a camera instead of using Binoculars and Telescope
and doing some proper birding.
 |
| Sanderling |
 |
| Sanderling |
 |
| Sanderling |