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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

(trygites subruficollis)
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a North American species. It breeds in the high arctic and is a long distance migrant. In Scotland it is a scarce but regular vagrant. It seems to favour areas of short cropped grass.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Fair Isle