Monthly Marathon photo number 180 (plate 220, repeated here as plate 314) clearly features a small wader, apparently one of the calidrine species, and it appears to be in practically complete non-breeding plumage (although the retained dark inner median covert and tertials appear to be juvenile feathers, which would indicate a first-year rather than an adult). The immediate impression suggests tha

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