Sandpipers & Snipes in Newport
Our list for Newport has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Newport in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 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
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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