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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Little Stint

Juvenile Little Stint

Little Stint

Calidris minuta

Gaelic: Luatharan beag

 

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

 

• Little Stint
• Calidris minuta
• Gaelic: Luatharan beag
• UK: Passage, winter visitor
• UK: 770 annual records BTO
• WI: Scarce, sometimes uncommon autumn passage visitor (very small numbers each year). Rare (less than 30 records) spring/summer vistor
• Breeds: Arctic Europe, Asia,
• Winters: India, Africa
• Habitat: Tundra (migration mudflats)
• Diet: Invertebrates at mud surface, crustaceans, molluscs
• Tiny wading bird. Bill black, short, straight, fine. Legs black, medium-length. Above parts brownish-grey (grey - winter). Below very white. Grey outer tail feathers. Autumn birds have two pale stripes down backs. Quick movements. Often feeds with Dunlin
• Max recorded age 12yrs
• Listen to a Little Stint (RSPB site)
• Similar birds: Temminck's Stint (very rare), Dunlin
  

 

Little Stint records in the Western Isles

Scarce, sometimes uncommon autumn passage visitor (very small numbers each year). Rare (less than 30 records) spring/summer vistor
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

 

The chart below shows how abundant the Little Stint is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

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(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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www.frankstark.com

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