Sandpipers & Snipes in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 8 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxResidentUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made