Sandpipers & Snipes in Dundee
Our list for Dundee has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dundee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 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