Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos

Status: Very rare vagrant

Records are split between mid-summer birds involving adults on passage during July and August, followed by juveniles in September and October. Attempts by observers to age future birds would be useful to confirm this pattern.

Records:
2025: Wheldrake Ings, 10th & 22nd August. adult
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Pectoral Sandpiper at Wheldrake Ings
Pectoral Sandpiper at Wheldrake Ings 10th August 2025 © Duncan Bye

2021: Wheldrake Ings, 21st to 24th September, Juvenile

Pectoral Sandpiper at Wheldrake Ings 21st September 2021 © Duncan Bye
Pectoral Sandpiper at Wheldrake Ings 21st September 2021 © Duncan Bye


2012: North Duffield Carrs, 1st June.
2008: Black Dyke, Barmby Moor, 13th and 21st October.
2007: Thorganby Ings, 30th to 31st July.
2002: Bank Island and Wheldrake Ings, 26th September to 5th October. Juvenile.
2002: Wheldrake Ings, 14th to 16th July. Adult.
1990: Wheldrake Ings, 7th September.
1984: Wheldrake Ings, 23rd and 24th September. Juvenile.
1976: Roscarrs, Selby, 6th August.


Unsubstantiated records:
2015: Bank Island, 1st October.
2005: North Duffield Carrs, 16th September. Juvenile. No description submitted.
1999: Aughton Ings, 7th July. No description submitted.