Purple Sandpiper

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Rocky shores (winter).
Diet: Marine invertebrates.
Best time to spot: Tame; loves seaweedy rocks.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Purple Sandpiper. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.