Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) (0, 6)
Photo © Matthew K Naylor - Cattawade, Suffolk, 16 August 2026
STATUS
Western Alaska to central Canada. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
The record during 2020 blocked many people from viewing this species due to the Covid restriction .
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 1981 Yorkshire Blacktoft Sands RSPB, adult, 10th September to 3rd October; also in Devon.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 496; G. P. Catley, Lincolnshire Bird Report 1981: 35-36; A. Grieve, British Birds 80: 466-473; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 440).
1.1). 1981 Lincolnshire Alkborough Flats, 15th September; same as Yorkshire.
(G. P. Catley, Lincolnshire Bird Report 1981: 35-36; BBRC in prep.).
1.2). 1981 Devon Countess Wear, Exeter, adult, 22nd November to 14th January 1982, photo; presumed same as Yorkshire.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 76: 496; Devon Bird Report 1982: photo; G. Wright, British Birds 80: 492-494, plates 245 & 246; Eds., British Birds 80: 670, corr.; BOURC (1984), Ibis 126: 440).
1.3). 1983 Yorkshire Blacktoft Sands RSPB, adult, 26th April to 6th May; presumed same as 1981 individual.
(British Birds 76: 322; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 550).
2). 1988 North-east Scotland Slains Pools, Collieston, 26th September.
(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 83: 463; P. V. Harvey & K. D. N. Shaw, Birding Scotland 2 (2): 91-92).
3). 2015 Somerset Meare Heath, 3CY+ female, 24th April to 3rd May, photo.
(British Birds 108: plate 225 & 226; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 585, plate 314).
4). 2020 Fife Eden Estuary, Guardbridge, 1CY, 3rd November to 17th December, photo.
(Scottish Birds 41: plate 83; S. Pinder, Scottish Birds 41: 187-189, plates 155-157; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 581).
5). 2023 Shetland Grutness/Sumburgh Airport/Pool of Virkie, Mainland, 3CY+, male, 30th July to 20th August, photo.
(R. Riddington, Scottish Birds 44: 88-90, plates 56-58; L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 685).
6.0). 2024 Flintshire Connah’s Quay, 3CY+ male, 12th August, photo; same, Oakenholt Marsh RSPB, 19th August to 7th September, photo, again, 11th September, photo; also seen Cheshire & Wirral.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 511).
6.1). 2024 Cheshire & Wirral Burton Mere Wetlands, 3CY+ male, 12th to 13th and 18th to 19th August, photo; presumed same as Flintshire.
(P. R. French, A. Holden and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 118: 511).
P). 2025 Hampshire Titchfield Haven NNR, female, 16th to 22nd May, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2026 Suffolk Minsmere RSPB, 1st July, photo; presumed same, Stutton Mill, 12th July; same, Stour Estuary, Cattawade Marshes, 13th July to 8th September; also seen Essex.
(birding information services).
P). 2026 Essex Stour Estuary, Manningtree, adult male, 13th and 14th July, again, Cattawade Marshes, 19th to 27th July, again, 10th to 20th August, photo; same as Suffolk.
(birding information services).
