Sandpipers & Snipes in South Lanarkshire
Our list for South Lanarkshire has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Lanarkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul
RedshankTringa totanusScarceUncommon27–29 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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