Sandpipers & Snipes in Anglesey
Our list for Anglesey has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 8 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Anglesey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made