Sandpipers & Snipes in West Yorkshire
Our list for West Yorkshire has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 5 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 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
- 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