Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) (0, 4)
Photo © By afsarnayakkan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90697783
STATUS
Central and eastern Siberia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Such was the difficulty of identifying stints that the first record was not accepted until 1995, thus predating the 1982 record. The 2011 Sussex record was found not proven at the time and was finally accepted, along with the Hampshire record where it was first seen, during March 2022.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1970 Cornwall Marazion, 7th to 8th June, photo.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 64: 351; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 512; P. D. Round, British Birds 89: 12-24, plates 2-5, 8-11, 14-17; BOURC (1995), Ibis 137: 590; P. D. Round, Birds in Cornwall 1995: 155-157, photo).
2). 1982 Cleveland/Co. Durham Saltholme Pools, juvenile, 28th August to 1st September, photo.
(British Birds 75: plates 215-217; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 546, plate 275; Birding World 4 (8): 280, 281, photos; County of Cleveland Bird Report 1982: photo; J. B. Dunnet, British Birds 85: 431-436, plates 170-180; BOURC (1986), Ibis 128: 601; Saunders, 1991: 107, photo; Blick, 2009: 209, photo; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).
3.0). 2011 Hampshire Farlington Marshes, 8th September; also in Sussex.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 630-632, not proven; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 567; Clark, 2022, photo).
3.1). 2011 Sussex Weir Wood Reservoir, 15th to 21st September; same as Hampshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 624, not proven; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 567).
4.0). 2020 Yorkshire St Aidan’s RSPB, Swillington Ings, adult, 8th to 15th October, photo; also in Cumbria.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 567).
4.1). 2020 Cumbria Locality suppressed, adult, 23rd to 24th November, photo; presumed same as Yorkshire.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 567).
