Migratory sandpipers completed southbound migration in the 2-month period between late September and late November, and then spent an average of 147 days (range = 116–167 days) or 39% (range = 32–46%, n = 7 birds) of their annual cycle at the non-breeding grounds.

Do Sandpipers migrate?

Semipalmated Sandpipers move thousands of miles between their Arctic breeding and South American wintering grounds each year. Their fall migrations are epic, nonstop flights of up to 2,500 miles across the ocean, from New England and southern Canada to South America.

Where does the Sandpiper migrate to?

The Common Sandpiper is migratory, breeding in Eurasia. Most of the western breeding populations winter in Africa and eastern breeding populations winter in Australia and south Asia to Melanesia. Some birds do not return to Eurasia to breed, but remain in the north of Australia throughout the Australian winter.