Sandpipers & Snipes in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 8 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceUncommon18–19 cm
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 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
- 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