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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Little Stint near the shore |
| Image notes: |
This bird has come a long way, possibly nesting as far away as Siberia. |
| Species in Image: |
Little Stint |
| Date: |
1965, 13th.July. |
| Area: |
Fair Isle |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00753 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Little Stint |
| Latin Name |
Calidris minuta |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Scarce passage migrant. Little stints breed from north Norway to Siberia. They winter in Africa.
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