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Kenn
07-Jan-09, 20:52
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/2005_0107OUTABOUT70004-1.jpg


I was thinking turnstone but not sure very small bird eating scraps from where the fish had been unloaded to the mart.
Kenn
07-Jan-09, 20:55
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/2005_0107OUTABOUT70024-1.jpg

Similar but not quite the same, there were 2 this afternoon on the harbour wall Thurso river.
Kevin Milkins
07-Jan-09, 22:33
It looks like a Sanderling Lizz
Kevin Milkins
07-Jan-09, 22:38
Mmm,not too sure now.lol:confused

Sanderling (http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sanderling/index.asp)
nemosia
07-Jan-09, 22:58
Hi Lizz, As you suspected both are Turnstone.

Iain
Kenn
08-Jan-09, 00:02
Many thanks nemosia, was quite surprised at they did not seem at all shy, have never seen them this far north.