Resources Recent bird sightings Bird Photographs Notes: A - Z Index Notes: Taxonomic Index Outer Hebrides Checklist Useful contacts Archived Sightings Wildlife Garden Bird ringing in Lewis

Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Spotted Redshank

 

Awaiting image for this species

 

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

 

• Spotted Redshank
• Tringa erythropus
• UK: Passage/Winter Visitor. Southward migration July - August. Most birds go through UK in September. Wintering birds leave April - May
• UK: AMBER LIST (50%+ of UK wintering population found in just 10 sites). 420 passage records annually BTO , 80 - 400 wintering (RSPB).
• WI: Scarce passage Visitor (Very small numbers each year)
• Breeds: North Europe, North Asia, Northern Siberia
• Winters: Europe - Mediterranean to South-East Asia, China, Africa
• Habitat: Wetlands, marshy tundra. (Migration: coastal wet meadows & mudflats)
• Diet: Wades in deep water, swims, sometimes dabbling bottom-up like a duck. Insects- larvae, shrimps, worms.
• Bit larger than redshank. Summer adults almost all black, wings have some white spotting. Back has white wedge shape - noticeably in flight. Tail barred. Winter: grey back, paler below, & more prominent eye stripe than redshank. NO white wing bars.
• Listen to a Spotted Redshank (RSPB site)
• Similar birds: Redshank, Greenshank
  

Some ID photos of a Spotted Redshank by Steve Round (Norfolk)

 

Spotted Redshank records in the Western Isles

Scarce passage Visitor (Very small numbers each year)
Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report (2001)

 

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

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

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

Other local bird photographs

Sources of information for the bird sightings section

Home • Contact Webmaster

Copyright © 2010 Western Isles Netspace.  User Agreement and Privacy policy