Bird Sightings: Little Stint

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Bird Sightings: Little Stint

Little Stint (Juvenile)

Calidris minuta

Photography © Frank Stark
Barvas - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
7th October, 2007

Calidris minuta

Calidris minuta

Passage, winter visitor

770 UK annual records

Tiny wading bird, short straight fine black bill, medium-length black legs, brownish-grey above (grey - winter) very white below, quick movements, dark legs & grey outer tail feathers

Autumn birds have two pale stripes down backs, often feed with dunlin

Breeds: Arctic Europe, Asia

Winters: India, Africa

Habitat: Tundra, (migration mudflats)

Diet: Invertebrates at mud surface
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Frank's web site of his nature photography
www.frankstark.com

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