Sandpipers & Snipes in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 9 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceUncommon33–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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