Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Wader migration has begun

The last few weeks has seen the start of Trans Atlantic waders arriving from Arctic Canada and North America. Short-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper and the sixth country record of Western Sandpiper at Dungarvan in Waterford. At the same time Wood Sandpipers and Little Stints are the beginning of waders starting to pour south out of  Scandinavian and Siberia. Here are some shots of Little Stints (the first shot with a Dunlin), which are sometimes confused for the rare North American Semipalmated Sandpiper.











Juvenile Little Stints in west Clare, Autumn 2020 John N Murphy

3 comments:

  1. Super shots. Great to meet you again today. Nice day even though we dipped. 👍

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    1. Good to meet you too John.
      Look forward to the next dip.
      Murf.

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