Sandpipers & Snipes in Angus
Our list for Angus has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Angus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceUncommon21–24 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 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