Actually, Red-necked Stint is much rarer in the Western palearctic than on the east coast of North America (not that it isn't rare here, esp. in recent years), for example there have been very few British records (8 I believe) and it is a "mega" rarity there. The general thought is that our summer birds have come across the continent from west to east, since they breed in NE Siberia and (maybe) NW Alaska and are long-distance migrants to SE Asia, Australia & NZ.

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

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From: Frode Jacobsen <>
> Hi everyone,
> FYI - An adult red-necked Stint was seen on the west coast of Norway about
> a week ago so a trans-Atlantic record around this time fits nicely as
> probably more than one bird passed over western Europe a week ago.
> 
> Hopefully the bird stays over the weekend....
> 
> Good chasing!
> 
> Frode Jacobsen
> Baltimore, MD
>