Red-necked Phalarope

The Red-necked Phalarope is one of the UK's rarest breeding waders and is on the southern-most edge of its range here. It has always been mainly confined to the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland.

The Government agreed a Biodiversity Action Plan for this species in 1998. The targets for this plan have recently been reviewed and aim to maintain and expand the Red-necked Phalarope as a breeding species at existing sites and to enable range expansion to a number of previously occupied sites.

Fetlar holds 90% of the UK breeding population and this bird was photographed at the RSPB's reserve at the Loch Of Funzie.

Date: 2nd June 2008

Location: Loch of Funzie, Fetlar, Shetland