Marsh sandpipers show up on Ring Road, Cuttack

October 3, 2026

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Four s recorded at Ring Road, Cuttack on September 26.^1, 2 Breeding populations from Central Asia arrive at Indian wintering grounds in September and continue through October, with these early birds marking the leading edge of southward migration to seasonal wetlands where they forage in shallow water.²

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