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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
BTO records
- Listen to little stint on RSPB site
Frank's web site of his nature photography
www.frankstark.com
Other local bird photographs
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