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Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius   [Linnaeus, 1766]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
BTO Codes: PQ , SPOSA EURING No: 5570
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, Has Bred
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 38 cm Weight: M/F: 45 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: aktites=coast dweller and L.: macula=a spot + -arius=possessing
World Distribution: BREEDS: N America, WINTERS: s US to s South America
Habitat: Rivers & lakes, on migration marsh & seacoast
Diet: Aqautic and terrestrial insects and other small invertebrates
TitBit: The female Spotted Sandpiper is the one who establishes and defends the territory as she arrives at the breeding grounds earlier than the male  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Cornwall, 1924 (Harvey, G.H. 1924 British Birds 18:167)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 125 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August to October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1984), Clyde (1991), Highland (1975), Lothian (1976), Moray & Nairn (1999), Outer Hebrides (1983), Orkney (1983), Perth & Kinross (1992), Shetland (1998),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2004), Durham (2002), Northumberland (2002), East Yorkshire (1981), North Yorkshire (1979), South Yorkshire (1984), West Yorkshire (1992),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2004), Cumbria (1998), Lancashire ,
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (2003), Leicestershire (1998), Nottinghamshire (1995), Staffordshire (1982), Warwickshire (1990), West Midlands (2004),
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire , Essex (2001), Hertfordshire , Lincolnshire (1999), Norfolk (1995), Suffolk (1998),
   South-east England: Hampshire , Isle of Wight , Kent , Greater London , Oxfordshire , Surrey (1988), East Sussex (2004), West Sussex (1908),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1999), Devon (1999), Dorset (1984), Somerset (2003), Isles of Scilly (2004),
   Wales: Carmarthen (1960), Ceredigion (1975), Glamorgan (1974), Gwynedd (1981), Gwent (1981), Pembrokeshire (1980),
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Other Names
Gaelic: Luatharan-breac Welsh: Pibudd Brych
Danish: Plettet mudderklire Dutch: Amerikanse Oeverloper
Finnish: Amerikanrantasipi French: Chevalier grivelé
German: Drosseluferläufer Hungarian: Pettyes cankó
Icelandic: Dílastelkur Irish: Gobadán Breac
Italian: Piro piro macchiato Norwegian: Flekksnipe
Polish: Brodziec plamisty Portuguese: Maçarico-maculado
Spanish: Andarríos maculado Swedish: Fläckdrillsnäppa
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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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