page_title: List of birds of Wales
section_title: Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Wales / Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes
caption_attribution_description: Arenaria interpres Deutsch: Steinwälzer, Rockport Beach Park, Texas English: Ruddy Turnstone, Pier, Rockport Beach Park, Rockport, Texas
context_page_description: This list of birds of Wales includes every species of bird that has been recorded in a wild state in Wales. Compared to the avifauna of Britain as a whole, Wales has fewer breeding species, but these include a number of moorland species such as red grouse and black grouse, large numbers of seabirds and good populations of several species typical of Welsh oak woods including redstart, pied flycatcher and wood warbler. Among the birds of prey is the red kite, which had become extinct in other parts of Britain until being reintroduced recently. In winter many wildfowl and waders are found around the coast, attracted by the mild temperatures. In spring and autumn a variety of migrant and vagrant birds can be seen, particularly on headlands and islands. Three-quarters of the UK population of the red-billed chough resides in Wales.
  The list is based on Birds in Wales, Birds in Wales 1992–2000 and the list of the Welsh Ornithological Society with updates from the Welsh Records Panel's annual reports. The taxonomy and scientific names follow the official list of the British Ornithologists' Union.
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae
  A large, diverse family of wading birds. Different lengths of legs and bills enable multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
caption: Turnstone, a non-breeding species but some are present on rocky coasts all year round.[15]
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