Sandpipers & Snipes in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 16 summer visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
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
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 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