On 6^th May 2010 I found a group of 8 recently arrived Steppe Curlews Numenius arquata suschkini

(Neumann, 1929; type locality: Dagana,Senegal).

The pale and small birds foraged on the higher, vegetated section of the mudflats.

1. Steppe Curlews Numeniusa.suschkini recent arrivals 06052010 1841 Oostvoorne,

The Netherlands c Norman Deans van Swelm

2. Steppe Curlew N.a.suschkini 06052010 1857 Oostvoorne,

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3. Steppe Curlew N.a.suschkini 06052010 1858 Oostvoorne,

The Netherlands c Norman Deans van Swelm

4. Steppe Curlew N.a.suschkini 06052010 1861 Oostvoorne,

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5. Steppe Curlew N.a.suschkini 06052010 1863 Oostvoorne,

The Netherlands c Norman Deans van Swelm

1 Kentish Plover> / 2 Hudsonian Whimbrel> / 3 Hudsonian Dunlin>  / 4 Interesting Wader> / 5 Knots>  / 6 Baltic Dunlin> / 7 Sanderlings Calidris alba in a storm> / 7A Sanderlings ready to fly home> / 8 Little Stint Calidris minuta> / 9 Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis>  / 10 Dunlin Calidris alpina in juvenile plumage> / 11 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus> / 12 Golden Plover> / 13 Cannibalism in the cold> / 14 A plumage for all seasons> / 15 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica> / 16 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva> / 17 European Curlew Numenius a.arquata> / 18 Eastern or Russian Curlew Numenius a.orientalis> / 19 Steppe Curlews Numenius arquata suschkini> / 20a Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia> / 20b Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia> /  21 The Greenland ringed plover> / 22 The Ringed plover> / SNIPES>

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