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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in United Kingdom in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentRare23–27 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug
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