Sandpipers & Snipes in Renfrewshire
Our list for Renfrewshire has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Renfrewshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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