Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) (0, 12)
Photo © Phil Woollen - Hoylake, Cheshire & Wirral, 21 September 2012
STATUS
North-east Siberia and western, northern Alaska. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
This rare wader has arrived from late July to late September at varying British sites.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1969 Isles of Scilly Abbey Pool, Tresco, adult, 19th August, photo.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 63: 277; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 500, rejected; D. I. M. Wallace, British Birds 72: 264-274, rejected; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 546; BOURC (2006), Ibis 149: 194; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 51).
2). 1973 Essex/Greater London Rainham Marshes, adult, 21st to 23rd July.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 67: 323).
3). 1973 Devon Axmouth, 9th to 12th September, photo.
(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 67: 323; Devon Bird Report 1973: photo).
4). 1988 Shetland Pool of Virkie, Mainland, juvenile, 25th September.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 461; Birding Scotland 1: 130-136).
5). 1997 Lothian Musselburgh/Aberlady Bay, adult or first-summer, 9th to 25th August, probably since 25th July, photo.
(I. J. Andrews, Birding World 10 (8): 302-304, plates 1-4; Birding World 10 (12): 471, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 91: 474, plate 125; I. J. Andrews, Lothian Bird Report 1997: 103-106; British Birds 94: plate 18; Forrester & Andrews et al., 2007: photo).
6). 1998 Orkney Deerness, Mainland, juvenile, 28th September to 3rd October, video, photo.
(Birding World 11 (10): 369, photo; Birding World 11 (12): 463, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 92: 572; K. Hague, Birding Scotland 2 (2): 78).
7). 2004 Dorset Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, juvenile to first-winter, 29th September to 15th October, photo.
(J. Lidster, Birding World 17 (10): 429-431, plates 1-4; Birding World 17 (12): 506, photo; British Birds 97: plate 388; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 98: 652, plate 424; Birding World 24 (12): 504, plate 4).
8). 2011 Norfolk Cley Marshes and Blakeney Harbour, first-winter, 28th November to 31st January 2012, photo.
(Birding World 24 (12): 486, photo; M. A. Golley, Birding World 24 (12): 502-509, plates 1-3, 8-10, 13; Birding World 24 (12): 529, photo; British Birds 105, plates 72 & 261; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 578, plate 331; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 593).
9). 2012 Cheshire & Wirral Hoylake shore, Wirral, 1CY, 19th to 24th September, photo.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 580).
10). 2016 Outer Hebrides Aird an Rὺnair, North Uist, 1CY, 31st August to 4th September, photo.
(B. Rabbitts, Scottish Birds 36: 363-365, plates 326-328; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 580, plate 309).
11). 2021 Norfolk Snettisham RSPB, 2CY+, 22nd to 28th July, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 569).
12). 2021 Hampshire Pennington Marshes, 2CY+, 4th to 14th October, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 569).
