Sandpipers & Snipes in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceRare19–21 cm
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceRare40–44 cm
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantRare30–35 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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