Solitary Sandpiper

Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Snipes

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria (1, 15)

STATUS: Very rare. BBRC.

1). 1882 Lower Moors, St Mary's, shot, 19th September.

(T. Cornish, Zoologist 1882: 432; Yarrell, 1871-85; Seebohm, 1883-85; Smart, 1886; J. Clark & F. R. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 341; J. Clark, Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall 17: 135; Witherby, 1920-24; Penhallurick, 1969).

2). 1974 Rosevear, 23rd July; same, St Mary's, 24th July; same, Tresco, 25th July.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 68: 316; R. W. Allen, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1974: 23).

3). 1974 Great Pool and Abbey Pool, Tresco, 8th to 11th September.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 68: 316).

4). 1975 Great Pool, Tresco, 12th September.

(J. N. Dymond and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 69: 336; W. E. Oddie, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1975: 30-31).

5). 1983 Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile, 19th September, 11th to 13th and 19th to 23rd October; presumed same, Porth Hellick, St Mary's, 20th September; same, Newford Duck Pond and Upper Newford, St Mary's, 21st September to 2nd October; same, Bryher, 18th October, photo.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 77: 527, plate 220).

6). 1984 Porth Hellick Pool, St Mary's, juvenile, 8th to 14th October, photo; same, Tresco, 19th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 551, plate 33).

7). 1985 Porth Hellick Pool, St Mary's, 30th August.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 550).

8). 1987 Great Pool, Tresco, juvenile, 28th September to 5th October.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 526).

9). 1988 Bryher, juvenile, 1st September; same, Porth Hellick, St Mary's, 3rd to 10th September, photo.

(Birding World 1 (9): 301, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 526).

10). 2000 Porth Hellick, St Mary's and Tresco, first-winter, 22nd September to 21st October, photo.

(Birding World 13 (9): 345, photo; Birding World 13 (10): 387, photo; Birding World 13 (12): 485, photo; British Birds 93: plate 346; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 475, plate 262; Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2000: plate 3).

11). 2003 Porth Hellick Pool and Lower Moors, St Mary's, adult, 23rd to 27th July, photo; same, Simpson's Field, Tresco, 25th, 27th July.

(R. L. Flood, Birding World 16 (7): 284, photo; Birding World 16 (12): 510, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 582; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 61).

12). 2005 Off Barnaby Lane and Big Pool, St Agnes, first-winter, 4th to 6th November, photo.

(Birding World 18 (11): 444, photo; Birding World 18 (12): 512, photo; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 44; Birding World 20 (8): 341, photo; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 61)

13). 2011 Newford Duck Pond then Lower Moors, St Mary's, juvenile, 14th September to 6th October, photo.

(Birding World 24 (9): 365, photo; Birding World 24 (10): 411, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 585, plate 337).

14). 2012 Hell Bay Hotel/Dump area, Bryher, juvenile, 12th to 14th October, photo; presumed same, Lower Moors then Old Town, St Mary's, 15th to 17th October.

(Birding World 25 (10): 403, photo; British Birds 105: plate 424; Birding World 25 (12): 521, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 106: 594, plate 344).

15). 2018 Great Pool, Tresco, 2CY+, 15th to 25th August, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 579, plate 321).

16). 2020 Porth Hellick Pool, St Mary’s, 18th May, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 584, plate 391; R. L. Flood, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2020: 159-160, photo).

P). 2024 Porthhellick Pool, St Mary’s, 14th June, photo; same, Lower Moors, St Mary’s, 17th to 18th June, photo.

(birding information services).