TEUNISSEN B (2005) First breeding record of Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola for the Netherlands in nearly 70 years. LIMOSA 78 (3): 103-106.

In the Netherlands, Wood Sandpipers are rather common migrants in both spring and late summer. Observations of oversummering Wood Sandipers are rare. Singing adults in suitable habitat are exceptional as well, and those birds usually do not stay for long periods. During May-July 2004, however, a territorial pair of Wood Sandpipers was present in a wet meadow in the Ackerdijkse Plassen reserve near Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland. During much of May and June the birds were observed singing and frequently giving alarm calls. Early July an adult was seen together with a juvenile that was partly covered in down and not yet capable of flight. About ten days later this juvenile bird, by then almost fully grown, was observed for the last time. This constitutes the first breeding record of this species for the Netherlands since 1936. Both in the Netherlands and in the rest of Europe, breeding usually takes place in wooded marshes such as peat moors. The 2004 breeding record was therefore very unexpected. Since the European population does not show any apparent range expansion, a future recolonisation of the Netherlands by Wood Sandpipers seems unlikely. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

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