Sandpipers & Snipes in West Lothian
Our list for West Lothian has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 6, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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