Sandpipers & Snipes in Falkirk
Our list for Falkirk has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Falkirk in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusScarceCommon29–31 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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