Bird Sightings: Curlew Sandpiper

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Bird Sightings: Curlew Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Calididris ferruginea

Photography © Debbie Bozkurt
Loch Paible - North Uist - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
27 May 2007

Calidris ferruginea

Scarce passage migrant, mostly seen August & September. Gregarious, forms mixed species wader flocks (often with dunlin)

740 annual UK records

Breeds: North Alaska & North Siberia

Winters: West Europe, South Asia, South Africa, Australia

Habitat: Tundra (migration boggy areas, mudflats, saltmarshes, shallow coastal lagoons)

Diet: Small invertebrates, snails, worms, flies

Like a dunlin. Differences: Slightly bigger, feeds in water bit deeper, (autumn looks paler, cleaner) longer & more down-curved bill, longer legs & neck. In flight bright white rump

Winter: Pale grey above, white below, white eyestripe.

Juveniles: Grey and brown back, white belly peach-coloured breast.
Breeding plumage (spring & summer) dark-grey below, deep chestnut above

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