Waders in Netherlands in Spring (2 Viewers)

[Frank van Drogen]

One of my goals for 2024 was to get more comfortable with identifying waders. I am certainly not quite there yet. These photos were taken at the Lauwersmeer (Jaap Deensgat) on April 25th. I am a bit confused by the bird next to the three Redshanks.

 

[Julie50]

Is it a ruff?

 

[RichieTwitchy]

Looks like a couple of Ruff?

But yes, the white-headed bird is a Ruff...

 

[Stonefaction]

There are 3 Ruff, 1 Redshank and a smaller wader that I'm not sure about.

 

[KenM]

There are 3 Ruff, 1 Redshank and a smaller wader that I'm not sure about.

Looks like a Stint and an attenuated one at that?

Cheers

 

[dwatsonbirder]

The smaller wader looks to be a sanderling, but image quality is so poor it is probably best left unidentified.

 

[seawatcher]

1 male ruff, 2 female ruff, 1 common redshank and 1 sanderling