Sandpipers & Snipes in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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