Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) (0, 8)
Photo © Rob-Stonehouse - Blyth Estuary, Northumberland, 6 June 2021
STATUS
North and north-east Siberia. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Autumn arrivals range from 18th July to 21st September to varying parts of Britain, including an inland record. There is one spring record in Northumberland in early June.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1986 Yorkshire Blacktoft Sands RSPB, adult, 22nd to 29th July, photo.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 557; B. Richards, British Birds 82: 391-395, plates 277-279; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 218; Birding World 5 (8): 298, photo).
2). 1992 Norfolk Cley Marshes, adult, 29th July to 3rd August.
(R. Millington, Birding World 5 (8): 295-298, photo; M. A. Golley, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 1992: 437-438; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 86: 478).
3). 1994 Fair Isle South Harbour, juvenile, recently dead, 31st August, photo; now at National Museums of Scotland (NMSZ 1994.127).
(R. Riddington, Birding World 7 (9): 355-358, photos; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 88: 512; Birding Scotland 9 (2): plate 73).
4). 1995 Northumberland Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, adult, 12th to 13th August, photo.
(Birding World 8 (8): 287, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 89: 499; G. Bowman, Birds in Northumbria 1995: 117-118).
5). 2000 Shetland Pool of Virkie, Mainland, adult, 18th to 21st July, photo.
(Birding World 13 (7): 265, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 470; R. Riddington, Shetland Bird Report 2000: 93; R. Riddington, Birding Scotland 3 (4): 160-161, plate 106; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
6). 2001 Cambridgeshire Somersham Gravel-pits, Huntingdonshire, adult, 21st to 22nd September, photo.
(J. Oates, Birding World 14 (9): 378-379, plates 1-5; British Birds 94: plate 317; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 95: 492; J. Oates, Cambridgeshire Bird Report 2001: 113-115, photos).
7). 2010 Dorset Ferrybridge, adult, 27th August, photo.
(Birding World 23 (8): 328, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 104: 580, plate 305; P. Baker, Dorset Bird Report 2010: 194, photo).
8). 2021 Northumberland Factory Point, River Blyth, 2CY+ , 5th to 7th June, photo.
(British Birds 114: plate 281; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 568, plate 421).
P). 2021 Nottinghamshire Idle Washlands, adult, 25th to 26th September.
(birding information services).
