Bird Sightings : Hebrides : American Golden Plover

Juvenile American Golden Plover on left, Buff-breasted Sandpiper on right

American Golden Plover (and Buff-breasted Sandpiper!)

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Pluvialis dominica

Photograph © Andy Robinson
Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
September 2005

"A few more american waders around at the weeeknd - Buff-Breasted sandpiper at
the butt of lewis with an American Golden plover also there on Saturday. And a
Bairds sandpiper at Borve beach...

Just working on your pics and realised you got a Buff-breasted Sandpiper AND
American Golden Plover in the same shot!!
That was a very good day...

"Yep it was - I'd bumped into Tristan and we were approaching the pool near the
ligthhouse which I saying had the most potential when hey presto up they
popped!"

 

Our American Golden Plover Photographs

Juvenile American Golden Plover (with a Buff-breasted Sandpiper!) September 2005 Ness	American Golden Plover September 2006 Ness	American Golden Plover September 2007 Ness	American Golden Plover September 2007 Ness

 

• American Golden Plover
• Pluvialis dominica
• UK: Just 5 annual records
• WI: Rare visitor (less than 30 records)
• Rare visitor (less than 30 records) BTO
• Breeds: North America
• Winters: South America
• Habitat: tundra (migration mudflats, grazing land)
• Diet: insects, seeds, leaves, berries
• Often when found is in the company of golden plover.
  Usually greyer, less yellow-brown than golden plovers, stonger head pattern
• Similar birds : Golden Plover

 

American Golden Plover records in the Western Isles

Rare visitor (less than 30 records)

 

The chart below shows how abundant the American Golden Plover is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

 

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