Icelandic Snow Buntings

we must assume that these are typical insulae from their location; in actual fact they were being ignored by 100's of people in the car park at the iceberg lagoon in spite of often feeding within 2m of people's feet -- really made you realise just how detached the vast vast majority of people are from nature now --

more Snow Buntings from the flock

a variety of sexes and ages for comparison

male Snow Bunting

assume this is a nivalis but reading Martin Garner's Winter Challenge series the white uppertail coverts and extensive white up the lower back are suggested features of Siberian Snow Bunting vlasowae but this bird did not look bigger than its compatriots on the beach at Meggies
the messy forehead and staining is due to them feeding on wet sand