Sandpipers & Snipes in Carmarthenshire
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Carmarthenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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