Sandpipers & Snipes in Herefordshire
Our list for Herefordshire has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
All 5, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 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