Sandpipers & Snipes in Luxembourg
Our list for Luxembourg has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Luxembourg in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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