Sandpipers & Snipes in Worcestershire
Our list for Worcestershire has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Worcestershire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
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
- 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