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| Image Description: |
A Wood Sandpiper wades in a small loch |
| Image notes: |
This would be an interesting find in Yell due to it's rarity. |
| Species in Image: |
Wood Sandpiper |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00751 |
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| Common Name |
Wood Sandpiper |
| Latin Name |
Tringa glareola |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Scarce passage migrant. Breed in Scandinavia and east over north Russia. A few pairs in Scotland.
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