Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
(Vieillot, 1819)
Least Concern
A
British & Irish Rarity Status: Scarce
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Norfolk © Steve Morgan
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Cambridgeshire © Stuart Elsom
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Lincolnshire © Dean Eades
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Leicestershire and Rutland © Jon Starie
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Pectoral Sandpiper - West Sussex © Dorian Mason
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Wexford © Paul & Andrea Kelly
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Sandpiper wanders thousands of miles in pursuit of sex
Publish date: 12/01/2017
Male Pectoral Sandpipers have been recorded travelling as far as 8,000 miles in just a single summer month in order to have sex with as many females as possible.
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