Sandpipers & Snipes in Swansea
Our list for Swansea has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 6 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Swansea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceUncommon33–38 cm
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaScarceUncommon20–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, 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
- 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