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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Calidris alba""

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…ula clypeata, gadwall Mareca strepera, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, knot Calidris canutus, ruff Calidris pugnax, sanderling Calidris alba, purple sandpiper Calidris maritima, redshank Tringa totanus and Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis; -an assemblage of more than 20,…

Humber Estuary

…is apricaria, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, lapwing Vanellus vanellus, knot Calidris canutus, sanderling Calidris alba, dunlin Calidris alpina, black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa, bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica, curlew Numenius arquata, redshank Tringa totanus and turnston…

Wembury Point

… species have been recorded including curlew Numenius arquata, purple sandpiper Calidris maritima, knot Calidris canutus, sanderling Calidris alba and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica. There is a large summer flock of non-breeding turnstones Arenaria interpres. Much of the sho…

Sefton Coast

…internationally important populations of grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, knot Calidris canutus, sanderling Calidris alba and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica. oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus and dunlin Calidris alpina also occur in nationally important numbers. The site i…

Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh

…reeding birds, namely: internationally-important breeding populations of dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and exceptionally high densities of redshank Tringa totanus and oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus. Internationally-important wintering po…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…n Botaurus stellaris, coot Fulica atra, golden plover Pluvialis apricaria, ruff Calidris pugnax and sanderling Calidris alba. Two species of waterfowl regularly occur in nationally important numbers during migration periods, whimbrel Numenius phaeopus in spring and common sandpi…

Hough Bay and Balevullin Machair

…on Area (SPA), which is designated for the birds listed below. Birds : Dunlin (Calidris alpina schinzii), breeding : Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), breeding : Redshank (Tringa totanus), breeding : Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula), breeding : Greenland Barnacle goose …

Howmore Estuary, Lochs Roag and Fada

…r Lutra lutra Slender naiad Najas flexilis Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, breeding Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, breeding…

Bornish and Ormiclate Machairs

… lutra Slender naiad Najas flexilis Birds: Corncrake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, breeding Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, breeding…

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

…’s swan, pintail, wigeon, goldeneye, and scaup. Most significantly the entire Svalbard (Spitzbergen) breeding population of barnacle geese winters on the Solway. The intertidal areas of the estuary are of value to geese primarily as a safe nocturnal roosting area, with most of th…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…hich use the area in winter and during the spring and autumn migrations. Dunlin Calidris alpina is usually the most common wader present, found particularly on the mud flats where the rich invertebrate fauna also attracts a wide range of other common species such as oystercatcher…

Thanet Coast

…regularly overwinter in numbers of international importance, whilst sanderlings Calidris alba and ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula and grey plovers Pluvialis squatarola are present in nationally important numbers. A colony of little terns Sternula albifrons, a species speciall…

Arfordir Pen-bre / Pembrey Coast

…nally important numbers of oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus and sanderlings Calidris alba occur as well as an assemblage of invertebrates, including rare species such as the ground beetle Panagaeus cruxmajor and the weevil Datonychus arquata, all of which are of special inter…

Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast

…ta nigra), non-breeding Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), non-breeding Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina), non-breeding Eider (Somateria mollissima), non-breeding Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), non-breeding Goosander (Mergus merganser), non-breeding Grey plover (Pluvialis squataro…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…ons. The sandflats regularly attract nationally important numbers of sanderling Calidris alba and more than 90 percent of bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica to be found on the Isle of Wight coast. The eelgrass beds are the favoured food of dark bellied Brent geese Branta bernic…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…ing redshank Tringa totanus, oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus and sanderling Calidris alba. Brading Marshes to St Helen’s Ledges SSSI forms an important component of The Solent estuarine system which has been identified as an internationally important site for overwintering wi…

Coed Nant Mawr

…. Other bird species which occur in nationally important numbers are sanderling Calidris alba which overwinter at Gronant, and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo which roost on the foreshore in summer. Of additional interest are the high tide wader roost and winter gull roost at Grona…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…s of wading birds, including oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus and sanderling Calidris alba. The driftline debris on the sandy beach has the rare strandline beetle, Eurynebria complanata, and the littoral pillbug Armadillidium album, which belong to the dune invertebrate assemb…

Morfa Dyffryn

…inged plover Charadrius hiaticula, turnstone Arenaria interpres, and sanderling Calidris alba. Fungi are a significant component of sand dune vegetation, and this site supports a wide range of species including the nationally notable species Inocybe vulpinella, Cyathus stercoreus…

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