Black-tailed Godwit   Limosa limosa

Passage migrant in small numbers. Poorly documented

 

·         1967 - 1972   Recorded in all years, with a maximum of 12 on the 14th of August, 1969.

·         1987   3, 7th May.

·         1996   One on the 3rd September.

·         1997   One, 1st – 2nd May.

·         1999   4 on the 18th increasing to 5 on the 19th & 20th September.

·         2000   One, 24th September – 6th October.

·         2003   One, 1st – 4th June. In the autumn there was one, on the 14th and 18th August and one from the 16th to the 18th September.

·         2004   Two, 25th – 26th May.

·         2005   4, on the 30th April, one remaining until the 4th May. Another bird appeared on the 17th – 30th May.

·         2006   One, 29th April. 5, 26th – 30th August.