Sandpipers & Snipes in Stirling
Our list for Stirling has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
All 6, most common first
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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