Sandpipers & Snipes in Shropshire
Our list for Shropshire has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Jul
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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