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Identification

The beautifully marked juveniles are easily identified by the neat white lines, or braces, down their back. Winter-plumaged birds lack the braces but are smaller and busier than a Dunlin with clean white bellies and short, neat, straight black bills. Indeed, in both summer and winter plumages they most resemble Sanderlings but the smaller stints are never so gleamingly pale and they generally prefer freshwater habitats. They are best separated from Temminck's Stints by a combination of dumpy shape, well-marked plumage and black legs.

Habitat

Breeds beside Arctic pools, either in upland areas or by the coast. Winters on mudflats and saltmarsh.

Migration

Birds nest between June-August on the high Arctic tundra. Adults begin to move south in July, with juveniles in late August. Birds winter as far down as southern Africa.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Little Stint is classed as Local: generally fairly regular or common species that a 'county lister' or a birding beginner might be interested in going to see. (Note that rarity levels are currently applied nationally and may not reflect local variations in abundance.)

Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar 27/07/2010	Vergias River, Greece 24/04/2010	Arakhiya Farm, Qatar 14/03/2010	Al Khor Beach, Qatar 21/02/2010	Kirkby on Bain GPs, Lincs 14/10/2009
Kirkby on Bain GPs, Lincs 14/10/2009	Lake Leman, Vaud, Switzerland 17/09/2007	Lake Leman, Vaud, Switzerland 17/09/2007	Covenham Resr, Lincs 26/09/2009	Covenham Resr, Lincs 26/09/2009

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Little Stint breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Finland
Norway
Russia

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