Sandpipers & Snipes in Kent
Our list for Kent has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 3 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
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
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 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