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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Dotterel

Dotterel

(Eurasian Dotterel)

Charadrius morinellus

Gaelic : Amada-mòinellus

 

Photography © Terry Fountain
Lionacleit Machair - Benbecula - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
1st May, 2007

 

• Dotterel
• Charadrius morinellus
• Gaelic : Amada-mòinellus
• UK: 630 pairs in summer BTO
• UK: Migrant breeder
• WI: Scarce passage visitor (very small numbers each year)
• Breeds: UK - Europe, Asia, Alaska
• Winters: Mediterranean
• Habitat: "High tops" grassland with stones, on (on migration mudflats)
• Diet: Insects, small invertebrates & spiders (from under stones...)
• Medium size plover. Adults mostly grey-brown upperparts, bright chestnut belly, a white chest band, throat and eyestripe, dark cap. Male stays on the nest & incubates the eggs. Female more bright in colour than male
• Listen to a Dotterel (RSPB site)

 

Dotterel records in the Western Isles

Scarce passage visitor (very small numbers each year)
(Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report)

 

The chart below shows how abundant the Dotterel 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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