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Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks July · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Alan D. Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Western Sandpiper: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Western Sandpiper has been recorded in 9 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in July.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
NS20South Ayrshire, Scotland42024 to 2025unverified
TF63Norfolk, England762021unverified
SZ39Hampshire, England422021unverified
SE30Barnsley, England12020unverified
NF67Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland22016unverified
TG04Norfolk, England1262011 to 2012unverified
SJ28Wirral, England72012unverified
SX97Devon, England22009unverified
SZ08Dorset, England322004unverified

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