20221021 Long-billed Dowitcher, Cley Marshes

20221021 Long-billed Dowitcher

Juvenile, Serpentine.

 

20221021 Long-billed Dowitcher

Bill long and delicately decurved.

Tail barred with black stripes dominating.

20221021 Long-billed Dowitcher

Plump and larger body than CSnipe.

20120905 Short-billed Dowitcher
Lodmoor Nat Res Dorset.
Juvenile.
Size as CSnipe with flatter body shape.
Bill kinks down slightly towards distal end compared with Snipes dead straight version.

20120905 Short-billed Dowitcher

20120905 Short-billed Dowitcher
Lodmoor Nature Res, Dorset.
Obviously notched tertials.

20111008 Long-billed Dowitcher
Juvenile, Davidstow Airfield.
Long and slender bill and legs.