Sandpipers & Snipes in Denmark
Our list for Denmark has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 12 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denmark 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
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 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