Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Perhaps the commonest American vagrant wader to turn up in the UK, usually during the Autumn. Single birds are usually seen in Shopshire each year.

Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10 IMG_9632

Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10  IMG_9632



Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10 IMG_0056

Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10 IMG_0056



Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10 IMG_9632

Pectoral Sandpiper juv Upton Warren 24 9 10  IMG_9632



Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2115

Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2115



Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2132_filtered

Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2132_filtered



Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2157_filtered

Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2157_filtered



Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2168

Pectoral Sandpiper VP 21 9 08 IMG_2168



Pectoral Sandpiper Titchwell 14 9 07 IMG_7667

Pectoral Sandpiper Titchwell 14 9 07  IMG_7667



Blog Pectoral Sandpiper Titchwell 14 9 07 IMG_7737

Blog Pectoral Sandpiper Titchwell 14 9 07  IMG_7737



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