The Marsh Sandpiper is an uncommon bird
on the ‘patch’ with only a few seen each yesr. 2014 was a good year for them
with multiple occurrences and more than one seen together on a number of occasions.
The Marsh Sandpiper is a passage migrant and
winter visitor that passes through the Eastern Province asses early March to
early May and again from August to late October; passage then merges with
winter arrivals. They normally occur on pools
away from the littoral and usually seen in low numbers especially in winter
although a flock of 50 occurred from November to February 1980 at Dammam and 53
were seen at Sabkhat Al Fasl
25 November 1991. In the remainder of Saudi Arabia the species is an uncommon migrant to all areas with winter records
from the Riyadh area.
