Black Banks, Weardale: After its winter spate, this unstable habitat is thriving once again, with a common sandpiper the star of the show Here comes summer, hurtling around a bend in the river. A ...

The common sandpiper is a small migratory wader found throughout Europe and north Asia. Most of the birds that breed on the European continent winter in Africa although some remain in the ...

The Pallikaranai marshland is teeming with the first set of migratory birds, mainly small waders such as common sandpiper, wood sandpiper and ruff. Naturalists say these visitors began arriving in the ...

The latest addition to the Lake Learmonth birdlist is a common sandpiper, a rare visitor to the Ballarat region. There are only four local records over the last 50 years.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Common Sandpiper. This bird can look slightly ...