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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: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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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
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Devon, 1801
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 164 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: September/October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll , Angus & Dundee (1996), Ayrshire , Borders , Clyde , Dumfries & Galloway , Fife , Highland (2003), Lothian (1997), Northeast (2000), Outer Hebrides , Orkney (2004), Perth & Kinross , Shetland (2002),
   North-east England: Northumberland (2004), East Yorkshire (2004), North Yorkshire (1981),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2003), Cumbria (1998), Lancashire (2001),
   English Midlands: Northamptonshire , Nottinghamshire (1996), Warwickshire (1983), Worcestershire (1990),
   Eastern England: Essex (1996), Hertfordshire , Lincolnshire (2004), Norfolk (1998), Suffolk (1985),
   South-east England: Hampshire , Isle of Wight (1998), Kent (2001), Greater London , Surrey (1987), West Sussex (1992),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1996), Devon , Dorset (2000), Gloucestershire , Somerset , Wiltshire (1974), Isles of Scilly (1985),
   Wales: Anglesey (1978), Carmarthen (2002), Glamorgan (1989), Gwynedd (1963), Gwent (1985), Pembrokeshire (1988), Powys (1997),
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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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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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