Medina Lagoon, Southern Spain (1 Viewer)

[Deb335077]

Medina Lagoon, Southern Spain, taken in April

Thanks

 

[Butty]

I guess either little stint or Temminck's stint. Feeble wing-bar seems to rule out breeding-plumage sanderling.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Deb,

do you have more pictures?
Confident part: I agree with Butty, its one of those two smaller stints. But which? - End of confident part

I get a Little Stint vibe here:

• head pattern with much white on the front
• Obvious and clear split-supercilium
• Many Temmincks Stints are paler, more buff, les rusty tinged above. With the normal caveats on light, exposure, camera-settings ....
• And the reminiscence of a Sanderling? Yes, I think so.

But yes, I hope for more pictures and comments as always

 

[Deb335077]

Sorry no more photo's it was an extremely fast fly by, was surprised I managed to get that poor image

Debbie

 

[THE_FERN]

Hello Deb,

do you have more pictures?
Confident part: I agree with Butty, its one of those two smaller stints. But which? - End of confident part

I get a Little Stint vibe here:

• head pattern with much white on the front
• Obvious and clear split-supercilium
• Many Temmincks Stints are paler, more buff, les rusty tinged above. With the normal caveats on light, exposure, camera-settings ....
• And the reminiscence of a Sanderling? Yes, I think so.

But yes, I hope for more pictures and comments as always

I think little stint. Doesn't "feel" like either Temminck's or sanderling to me.

 

[John Cantelo]

A stint certainly and for reasons already expressed a Little Stint rather than Temminck's. I'd also add that, assuming you mean Laguna de Medina (just south of Jerez de la Frontera), Little Stint is distinctly more likely there than Temminck's. I've regularly seen Little Stint there during migration periods & when the laguna has muddy edges but never Temminck's (although I believe that they do occur there)