Hi Chris
I must concur with Stuart Cooney on this one. Here's a link to a very clear
Kentish Plover photo:
http://www.rarebirdphotography.co.uk/cbkp.htm
A quick Google Image search will give you quite a few other Kentish shots which
show the white collar quite clearly. Similarly, a search for red-capped should
give you a few photos of birds very similar to those you photographed so
clearly in Cairns. great shots - I hope they'll find their way online
somewhere permanently!
The sandpiper looks like a sharpie to me too - that was my first impression.
It doesn't have the "spotty" looking plumage of a Wood Sand and I think the
eyebrow should be paler in front of the eye. The rufous-chestnut feather
margins also suggest a sharpie.
The sand plover could be either - it's a bit hard to guage leg and bill size
from this shot. The relative length of the tarsus suggests Greater to me - but
I don't have any reference books on hand to see whether there's a discernible
difference.
Someone from one of the wader study groups should be able to give us more info.
Russell Woodford
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