Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Scarce passage migrant in small numbers: April to November, but most August and September.

Before 1954 birds were reported as virtually annual (Pennington et al., 2004), although it would be interesting to know the origins of these records, as observers were virtually nil and certainly not annual at the time!

Since then there have been as many as 6 (23^rd August, 1962) observed in a day. However, the norm is one or two birds at a time usually in the autumn, although occasionally in the spring. This has been the case most years since 1992 when observers were present. In 2003 up to 10 or 11 were recorded throughout the autumn, which is exceptional.