When do purple sandpipers arrive in the UK?

In the GBIF records, UK numbers build from mid September.

When do purple sandpipers leave the UK?

They stay common in the records until about late April.

Where do purple sandpipers go in summer?

In June and July the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Norway. The globe shows the breeding range month by month.

When do purple sandpipers arrive in and leave the UK?

A winter visitor in the records: numbers build from mid September and stay high until about late April.

When do purple sandpipers arrive in the UK?: In the GBIF records, UK numbers build from mid September.
When do purple sandpipers leave the UK?: They stay common in the records until about late April.
Where do purple sandpipers go in summer?: In June and July the strongest signal in the effort-adjusted GBIF records is around Norway. The globe shows the breeding range month by month.

Purple sandpiper in the UK, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Bars: this species’ share of all UK bird records in GBIF (CC0/CC BY 4.0 only), by month, scaled to the peak month. Based on 19,834 UK records (occurrence search API, country=GB, weekly). Dates come from sightings, not a survey, so treat them as a guide.

See the purple sandpiper migration on the 3D globe →

About the purple sandpiper

The purple sandpiper is a small shorebird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. This is a hardy sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America and winters further south on the Atlantic coast.

From the Wikipedia article “Purple sandpiper” (revision 1347425637), CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened at a sentence end. Winter/summer areas: country containing the monthly hotspot of effort-adjusted GBIF records, using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain).

Other UK winter visitors: see the full list with arrival and departure dates.