Sandpipers & Snipes in Pembrokeshire
Our list for Pembrokeshire has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pembrokeshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceRare29–31 cm
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceRare19–21 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
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 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