Sandpipers & Snipes in Conwy
Our list for Conwy has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Conwy in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 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
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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