Sandpipers & Snipes in Nottinghamshire
Our list for Nottinghamshire has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 6 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nottinghamshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little 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
- 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