DUNLIN & CURLEW SANDPIPER (WINTER AND JUVENILE)

DUNLIN ✔Rather plain head ✔Starling-sized, and rather dumpy ✔Bill usually shortish and quite straight ✔Juveniles gingery on head and breast, thin white stripes on back CURLEW SANDPIPER ✔More prominent whitish supercilium ✔Slightly larger, longer necked and legged ✔Bill invariably longer with fine tip, and smoothly curved ✔Juveniles uniformly scaly on back, with peach wash on breast