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very rare vagrant

Kentish Plover

Waders
Charadrius alexandrinus
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April 13, 1981
Willen
1 present
April 30, 2017
Pitstone
1 photographed on 30th Apr. but found independently on 1st May
very rare vagrant

Dotterel

Waders
Charadrius morinellus
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May 3, 1967
Near High Wycombe
4 present
September 23, 1985
Newton Longville
A juvenile
September 6, 1993
Drayton Parslow
A juvenile
May 15, 1995
Mursley
A flock of c25 circling
May 10, 1996
Drayton Parslow
1 in a turf field on 10th-11th May.

1857 Burnham – A few shot in the spring.
1862 Ivinghoe – Adult male killed on 14th Aug.

very rare vagrant

American Golden Plover

Waders
Pluvialis dominica
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November 12, 1991
Broughton, Milton Keynes
A juvenile from 12-17th Nov, also 21st Nov, and 25 Nov.
common winter visitor

Golden Plover

Waders
Pluvialis apricaria
Scarce passage migrant

Grey Plover

Waders
Pluvialis squatarola
common resident

Lapwing

Waders
Vanellus vanellus
Scarce passage migrant

Knot

Waders
Calidris canutus
Scarce passage migrant

Sanderling

Waders
Calidris alba
Scarce passage migrant

Little Stint

Waders
Calidris minuta
Scarce passage migrant

Temminck's Stint

Waders
Calidris temminckii
very rare vagrant

Least Sandpiper

Waders
Calidris minutilla
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August 5, 2003
Startopsend Res.
1 present in Herts from 5th-12th Aug flew into Bucks on 5th and 6th.
very rare vagrant

White-rumped Sandpiper

Waders
Calidris fuscicollis
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July 21, 2022
Dorney Common
1 juvenile from 21st - 22nd July
very rare vagrant

Pectoral Sandpiper

Waders
Calidris melanotos
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September 28, 1988
Dorney Common
1 intermittently between 28th Sep and 9th Oct. It spent much of it’s stay at nearby Slough STW (Berks).
September 1, 1989
Linford
1 present
September 13, 1995
Willen
1 present for about 30 minutes
October 18, 1998
Little Marlow GP
A juvenile from 18th023rd Oct.
September 18, 2012
Dorney Common
A juvenile from 18th-23rd Sep.
August 10, 2014
Manor Farm
1 from 10th-11th Aug.
rare vagrant

Curlew Sandpiper

Waders
Calidris ferruginea
very rare vagrant

Purple Sandpiper

Waders
Calidris maritima
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October 26, 1976
Hambleden
1 present
November 11, 1977
Willen
1 from 11th-22nd Nov. with 2 on 14th Nov.
October 19, 1997
Thorney CP
A 1st winter bird
common passage migrant

Dunlin

Waders
Calidris alpina
Scarce passage migrant

Ruff

Waders
Philomachus pugnax
Scarce winter visitor

Jack Snipe

Waders
Lymnocryptes minimus
common resident

Snipe

Waders
Gallinago gallinago
very rare vagrant

Great Snipe

Waders
Gallinago media
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December 23, 1962
Alderbourne and Rush Green watercress beds
1 from 23rd Dec until 17th Feb 1963.
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