Sandpipers & Snipes in Aberdeenshire
Our list for Aberdeenshire has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 6 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Aberdeenshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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