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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Redshank

Redshank

(Common Redshank)

Tringa totanus

Photography © Kim Park
Uig - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
14th May, 2006

 

Our Redshank photographs

Redshank	Redshank flock	Redshank	Redshank Chick May 2006

 

Redshank records in the Western Isles

Tringa totanus is a common migrant breeder (1000 -10,000 pairs)
Tringa totanus robusta is a fairly common passage visitor and winter visitor (occurs in small numbers)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Redshank is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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