Sandpipers & Snipes in Warwickshire
Our list for Warwickshire has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Warwickshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
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
- 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