Sandpipers & Snipes in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 28 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 9 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 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
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 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