LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER – 27 since 1937

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1937 Zennor 19 Oct + Marazion 2 Nov
1966 Hayle 30 Oct – 31 Dec
1967 Last years Hayle bird to 22 Apr
1970 Hayle 11 May
1973 Marazion 25 Sep – 6 Oct
1975 Stithians (2) 13 Oct – 16 Nov, with one into 1976
1976 Treweege, Stithians 22 – 30 Sep
 Last years Stithians bird to 25 Mar
1977 Tamar Lake (2) 7 – 16 Oct with one to 23 Oct
1978 Copperhouse 19 Mar – 24 Apr, then Marazion 25 – 27 Apr
1979 College Res 10 Oct
 Crowdy (2) 27 Oct
1981 Stithians 8 Oct into 1982
 Crowdy 16 Oct
 Marazion 18 Oct – 19 Dec + at Hayle 2 Dec
1982 The 1981 Stithians bird to 23 Mar
 Stithians 8 Nov into 1983
1983 The Stithians bird to 16 Feb
1984 Davidstow first year 21 – 29 Oct
1985 Davidstow first year 21 – 25 Oct
1986 Camel ad 9 Aug into 1987
1987 The 1986 Camel bird remained to 19 Apr
1990 Drift first year 23 Sep, then Crows-an-Wra 26 – 27 Sep
 Camel 13 Oct – not in BBRC and assumed rejected
1994 Crowdy/Davidstow 17 – 23 Sep.
1995 Marazion Marsh 18 Oct
  Porthgwarra 21 Oct
1996 Copperhouse 24 Jan – 16 Mar.
2005 Drift 22nd Sept, then Hayle est in late Nov/early Dec where it remained into 2006
2007 Hayle estuary 14th july summer plumage. MH
2010 One spent Feb 12th by the sluice at the west end of Maer Lake, Bude and another was seen at distance on Colliford Lake on  the afternoon of Sept 30th

Above and below: Long-billed Dowitcher – 1st cal, Ryan’s Field 2005 (photo:P.Freestone)

Long-billed Dowitcher – Adult summer plumage, Hayle Estuary, 14th July 2007 (photo:M.Halliday)

(Above and below)Long-billed Dowitcher – Hayle Estuary 14th July 2007 (photos:J.H.Johns)