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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Long-billed Dowitcher

 

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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

 

• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Limnodromus scolopaceus
• UK: Accidental
• UK: 3 records annually BTO
• WI: Very rare visitor (five or less records) TBC
• Breeding: Nests on ground nr water. Wet Tundra. N Siberia, Alaska, E Siberia
• Winters: S US, Central America vagant to Europe
• Habitat: Tundra, wet grassland (migration estuaries, beaches).Often nr fresh water
• Diet: Forages by probing shallow water or wet mud. Mostly insects, molluscs, crustaceans aquatic worms(also some plant material)
• Adult bird yellowish legs & very long straight dark bill. Summer body dark-brown above & reddish below. Throat & breast spotted. Bars on flanks. Tail black & white barred pattern. Winter bird mostly greyish.
  

 

A bird that breeds in places like Alaska, and usually migrates to Central & Southern America the Long-billed Dowitcher is a rare but regular vagrant to Europe. When it does reach the UK it will often stay for quite a long time.

 

There are some superb photographs of a Long-billed Dowitcher on Steve Round's web site

 

Long-billed Dowitcher records in the Western Isles

Very rare visitor (five or less records) TBC

 

The chart below shows how abundant the Long-billed Dowitcher 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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