Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Status at Longham Lakes
Formerly regular winter visitor in very small numbers, mainly to the Quarry; also regular passage migrant. Has also been recorded on the Stour, by the weir.
First recorded on 12th August 2002. Now recorded in every month except May.
2012: 1 on March 11th (Robin Trundle)
2013: 1 on 22nd September (Robin Trundle).
2014: 1 over on 5th April 2014 (DC), 1 on 21st August (George Green).
2015: A good year: 1 by Longham Reservoir South on 9th February (Lorne Bissell), 1 on 22nd March (George Green), 1 from 2nd-11th April, with 2 on 13th April, 1 on 16th August and then 1 on 19th December.
2016: 1 on 2nd April and 1 on 16th September (Martin Wood).
Green Sandpiper, Longham Lakes, 8/4/15 (Alan Pearce)
Numbers are maxima for the month on the whole site.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Birds of Longham Lakes
