Sandpipers & Snipes in Bridgend
Our list for Bridgend has 11 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bridgend in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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