Sandpipers & Snipes in Cardiff
Our list for Cardiff has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cardiff in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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