THE SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER AT TÍAS GOLF COURSE-FIRST FOR LANZAROTE

by Francisco Javier García Vargas

In the morning of 01/XI/2008, under a very bad weather with strong wind and rain, I detected a Semipalmated Sandpiper in one of the shores of the dump at Tías golf course. With this very bad weather and with a very poor light, I could take some pics of the bird, but the rain made me go back home. In the afternoon, the sun was shining and I went again to the golf course, taking better photographs of the bird.

This is (if accepted) the first record of Semipalmated Sandpiper for Lanzarote and the eastern side of the Canary Islands.