Sandpipers & Snipes in Moray
Our list for Moray has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 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