Waders are scarce in Hokkaido in winter but one port near Oshamambe has a small overwintering flock of Sanderling and another port has a small flock of Dunlin…
A pair of winter waders
Waders are scarce in Hokkaido in winter but one port near Oshamambe has a small overwintering flock of Sanderling and another port has a small flock of Dunlin…
Usually not too difficult to ID between these species – by size for example – but in winter quite similar appearance. Coincidence that on my late Nov trip to Norfolk these were the two most common waders
Yes and their feeding habits/’mannerisms’ are quite different too.