Sandpipers & Snipes in Ceredigion
Our list for Ceredigion has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 3 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ceredigion in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 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
- 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