Sandpipers & Snipes in Sweden
Our list for Sweden has 27 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 18 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sweden in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 27, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 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
- 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