Sandpipers & Snipes in New Hampshire
Our list for New Hampshire has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 16 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Hampshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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