Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) (0, 6)
Photo © By JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86320146
STATUS
North-east Siberia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Mainly adults appearing in Britain as with other east Siberian calidrids like Sharp-tailed Sandpiper C. acuminata and Red-necked Stint C. ruficollis. A small population overwinters in the Persian Gulf east to SE Asia, but otherwise mainly coastal Australia.
The author relocated the ‘great dot’ and invited Richard Millington to confirm with his Questar.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1989 Shetland Scatness and Pool of Virkie, Mainland, adult, 15th September, photo.
(P. M. Ellis, Birding World 2 (9): 313-315; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 84: 469; P. M. Ellis, British Birds 85: 426-429, plate 169; Birding World 6 (4): 158, photo; Birding Scotland 8 (3): plate 110; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
2). 1996 Cleveland/Co. Durham/Yorkshire Greenabella Marsh, Bran Sands and Seal Sands, adult, 13th October to 5th November, photo.
(Eds., Birding World 9 (10): 394, photo; Birding World 9 (11): 418, photos; Birding World 9 (10): 377, photo; Birding World 9 (12): 470, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 90: 471, plate 166; M. Gee, Cleveland Bird Report 1996: 67, photo; Blick, 2009: photo; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).
3). 2004 Lancashire & North Merseyside Skippool Creek, River Wyre, adult, 31st July, 16th to 17th August.
(Birding World 17 (7): 270, photos; Birding World 17 (8): 312, photo; C. Batty, Birding World 17 (8): 332-333, plates 1-3; Birding World 17 (12): 516, photo; British Birds 97: plates 305 & 325; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 651, plate 422; White, McCarthy & Jones, 2008: photos).
4). 2014 Norfolk Breydon Water RSPB, adult, 13th to 15th July, photo.
(British Birds 107: plate 274; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 585).
5). 2016 Norfolk Titchwell Marsh RSPB, Scolt Head and Holme, 2CY+, 15th June to 4th July, photo.
(British Birds 109: plate 285; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 577, plate 307).
6). 2019 Shetland Skaw, Unst, 2CY+, 30th May to 4th June, photo.
(Scottish Birds 39: plate 237; A. M. Conlin, Scottish Birds 39: 368-371, plates 308-312; British Birds 112: plate 222; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 600, plate 350).
