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Common Sandpiper

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Actitius hypeoleucos

Gaelic: Luatharan, Gob-a-da-liridh, Fidhleir bòrd-an-locha

Photograph © Graham Forsyth
South Lochs - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
May 2011

 

Our Common Sandpiper photographs

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• Common Sandpiper
• Actitius hypeoleucos
• Gaelic: Luatharan, Gob-a-da-liridh, Fidhleir bòrd-an-locha
• WI: Fairly common migrant breeder (100 - 999 breeding pairs)

 

Common Sandpiper records in the Western Isles

Fairly common migrant breeder (100 - 999 breeding pairs)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Common Sandpiper is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

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

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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