Sandpipers & Snipes in Surrey
Our list for Surrey has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Surrey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 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
- 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