Sandpipers & Snipes in Stockton-on-Tees
Our list for Stockton-on-Tees has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Stockton-on-Tees in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarceUncommon21–24 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cm
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 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
- 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