Sandpipers & Snipes in Lancashire
Our list for Lancashire has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 5 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lancashire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 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
- 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