Sandpipers & Snipes in Perthshire and Kinross
Our list for Perthshire and Kinross has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Perthshire and Kinross in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceRare16–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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