Sandpipers & Snipes in Faroe Islands
Our list for Faroe Islands has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Faroe Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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