Sandpipers & Snipes in Eilean Siar
Our list for Eilean Siar has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 6 summer visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Eilean Siar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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