Sandpipers & Snipes in Rutland
Our list for Rutland has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 3 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Rutland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceRare13–15 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
- 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