Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus   [Say, 1823]

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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
BTO Codes: LD, LOBDO EURING No: 5270
Number in Britain: 3 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 49 cm Weight: M/F: 110 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: limne=marsh + dromos=running and Gr.: skolopax=the woodcock
World Distribution: BREEDS: Ne Siberia, Alaska, WINTERS: s US & Central America
Habitat: Tundra, wet meadows, on migration estuaries & beaches
Diet: Insects, worms, crustaceans, also molluscs in winter

Records and Distribution

First Record: Devon, 1801
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 170 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: September/October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1986), Angus & Dundee (1994), Ayrshire (1988), Clyde (1990), Dumfries & Galloway (1990), Fife (1867), Highland (2002), Lothian (1997), Northeast (2000), Outer Hebrides (2006), Orkney (2004), Perth & Kinross (1985), Shetland (2002),
   North-east England: Northumberland (2004), East Yorkshire (2005), North Yorkshire (2006), West Yorkshire (1981),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2005), Cumbria (2005), Lancashire (2000),
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (2005), Northamptonshire (1992), Nottinghamshire (1996), Warwickshire (1983), Worcestershire (2006),
   Eastern England: Essex (2007), Hertfordshire (1977), Lincolnshire (2007), Norfolk (2007), Suffolk (2007),
   South-east England: Hampshire (1988), Isle of Wight (1998), Kent (2007), Greater London (1987), Surrey (1987), West Sussex (1992),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2007), Devon (2007), Dorset (2000), Gloucestershire (1985), Somerset (1990), Wiltshire (1974), Isles of Scilly (1985),
   Wales: Anglesey (2006), Breconshire (1997), Carmarthen (2002), Caernarfonshire (1993), Glamorgan (1989), Gwent (1989), Meirionnydd (1993), Pembrokeshire (1987),

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Other Names

 
Gaelic: Welsh: Gïach Gylfin-hir
Danish: Langnæbbet sneppeklire Dutch: Grote grijze snip
Finnish: Pitkänokkakurppelo French: Limnodrome à long bec
German: Kurzschnabel-Schlammläufer Hungarian: Hosszúcsoru cankógoda
Icelandic: Kanaduðra Irish: Guilbnín Gobfhada
Italian: Piro piro pettorossiccio Norwegian: Langnebbekkasinsnipe
Polish: Szlamiec dlugodzioby Portuguese: Maçarico-escolopáceo-americano
Spanish: Agujeta escolopácea Swedish: Större beckasinsnäppa

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