Sandpipers & Snipes in Poland
Our list for Poland has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 14 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Poland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
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
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 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