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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
Pectoral Sandpiper uses a raft |
| Image notes: |
It's unusual for a sanpiper to try and keep it's feet dry. |
| Species in Image: |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Date: |
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| Area: |
Yell |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00728 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Latin Name |
Calidris melanotos |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
| Description |
Rare Migrant from North America or Siberia. Since 1970 61 have been recorded in Shetland. Photographed Monday 8 Jun 1981, Sellafirth, Yell. |
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