Sandpipers & Snipes in Denbighshire
Our list for Denbighshire has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 10, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusScarceUncommon40–46 cm
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