Dunlins and Sanderlings

Charadriiformes

Place: Troia Peninsula south of Setubal, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

[Green arrow = Dunlin; Red arrow = Sanderling]

Place: Whiteford Sands, Gower
Date: 26 August 2020.

[Calidris alpina, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dunlin]

The sound of the dunlin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

[Calidris alba, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Sanderling]

The sound of the sanderling (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paul Driver)

Distribution and sightings of the dunlin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Distribution and sightings of the sanderling across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).