Sandpipers & Snipes in Suffolk
Our list for Suffolk has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 9 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suffolk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesScarceUncommon23–27 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 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