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| This view gave me a bit of a startle! Very grey, white super, and seeminlgy smaller |
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| I got a bit closer and it started to look less good. There's a hint of gold in the underparts in this view. |
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| It's still grey looking, but the super looks a bit dirtier, and its shape really isn't too disimilar to a normal Golden Plover |
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| It has some old primaries - p10 and p9 certainly look old (I think) which probably best fits a Eurasian Golden Plover |
So there you go. It's a grey looking Eurasian Golden Plover. Shame as I was really hoping it was an American Golden Plover when I first saw it. Still, plenty of time this autumn to find one of those locally...
Eurasian Golden Plover, Southill, 29th September 2012.
