Sandpipers & Snipes in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceCommon37–41 cm
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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