Sandpipers & Snipes in Powys
Our list for Powys has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 6, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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