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Habitat Prefers freshwater habitats, often in coastal areas with damp grassland, marshland and the margins of ponds and lakes. | Habitat Prefers freshwater habitats, often in coastal areas with damp grassland, marshland and the margins of ponds and lakes. | ||
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Revision as of 05:13, 21 May 2007
- Calidris melanotos
Description
Photo taken: Quebec
Identification
Breeds in north-east Siberia and northern North America from Alaska to Hudson Bay, winters in southern South America. In autumn most migrate via the Great Plains during July-September but large numbers gather at staging areas in south-east Canada and the north-eastern USA before flying south over the west Atlantic to South America. These birds are liable to meet with eastbound depressions bringing them across the Atlantic to Europe. Spring migration is mainly in April-early May and via the interior.
This is by far the most numerous Nearctic wader to occur in Europe and has been recorded in many countries from Iceland and the Faroes south to the Azores and east to Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, also in Morocco and Israel. Annual in the British Isles, the Azores, France and Sweden.
Over 100 records in the British Isles in some years, seen throughout Britain and Ireland with most in the south-west but significant numbers in the east suggesting a Siberian rather than North American origin for many birds. Recorded throughout the year but very rare in midwinter and dramatically peaking in September-October.
Habitat Prefers freshwater habitats, often in coastal areas with damp grassland, marshland and the margins of ponds and lakes.
