Is the breeding distribution of Broad-billed Sandpipers Limicola falcinellus moving uphill?

Abstract

of nest survival of waders breeding on the alpine heath, mainly above 800 m a.s.l., was started in sists of spending a large amount of time searching areas suitable for breeding waders for occurrence and nests of these birds. During such work a pair of Broad-billed Sandpipers were seen and photographed by JH and RR at a small mire close to Aigertstugan, 6 km WSW of Ammarnäs, at about 760 m a.s.l. in early June 2008. The observation site is at about 1 km distance from the upper limit of the birch forest, and to our knowledge this is the