Sandpipers & Snipes in United Kingdom
Our list for United Kingdom has 33 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 8 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
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