Joe Pender Wildlife Photography

Sunday 2 September 2012

Buff Breasted Sandpiper


Buff Breasted Sandpipers breed in the open arctic tundra of North America and is a very long-distance migrant, spending the non-breeding season mainly in South America, especially Argentina.
It migrates mainly through central North America, and is uncommon on the coasts. It occurs as a regular wanderer to western Europe, and is not classed as rare in Great Britain or Ireland, where small flocks have occurred. Only the Pectoral Sandpiper is a more common American shorebird visitor to Europe.


1 comment:

  1. Super pictures and info.another attractive bird!

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