Birds and wildlife

Little Stint

Calidris minutaGroup: Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropesUK Conservation status:Green

How to identify

The Little Stint is a tiny wading bird with a straight fine black bill and medium-length black legs. It is brownish-grey above (grey in winter) and it is very white underneath. Autumn birds have two pale stripes or 'braces' down the back. It does not breed in the UK, but is a passage migrant, with most birds being juveniles seen in autumn. It is much rarer in spring, when small numbers of adults are seen, and very few birds spend the winter here, most migrating to Africa. Often seen with feeding Dunlin.

Key

  1. Resident
  2. Passage
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  4. Winter
* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
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