From interest Jonathan, how are you confidently stating that this bird is 'clearly a first winter'?
Most waders in first winter plumage are very similar to adult winter in body plumage, and are not easily separable on body plumage. Is there a feature that allows these to be separated at this age?
I'm also interseted by the leg colour. I would say that the leg colour on this bird is fairly dark, darker than on the other picture posted recently. Leg colour has previously been given as a key feature for separating Kentish and Swinhoe's. From your experience, how reliable is this feature?
