Another one. How many Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes etc) have you seen? (1 Viewer)

[chowchilla]

Just returned from Thailand where I added Spoon-billed Sandpiper (no less than six!), Nordmann's Greenshank (six again) and Temminck's Stint.

 

[Dom F]

Terek sand
Common sand
Spotted Sand
Green sand
Grey-tailed tattler
Spotted Red
Greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
greenshank
marsh sand
wood sand
redshank
upland sand
little curlew
whimbrel
eastern curlew
curlew
blackwit
barwit
ruddy turnstone
great knot
red knot
sanderling
semipalmated sand
red necked stint
little stint
temmincks stint
least sand
white rumped sand
bairds sand
pec sand
sharp tailed sand
purple sand
dunlin
curlew sand
stilt sand
buff breasted sand
ruff
broad billed sand
jack snipe
common snipe
great snipe
woodcock
wilsons phal
grey phal
red necked phal

I think 46 in UK, Israel, Australia, France and Holland

 

[lazza]

Always like a good list...

Jack Snipe (UK)
Common Snipe (UK)
Black-tailed Godwit (UK, ES)
Bar-tailed Godwit (UK)
Whimbrel (UK)
Eurasian Curlew (UK)
Common Redshank (UK, ES)
Common Greenshank (UK)
Green Sandpiper (UK, ES, IN)
Wood Sandpiper (UK)
Common Sandpiper (UK, FR, ES, DE, IN)
Ruddy Turnstone (UK, ES)
Red Knot (UK)
Sanderling (UK)
Little Stint (UK)
Curlew Sandpiper (ES)
Purple Sandpiper (UK)
Dunlin (UK)
Stilt Sandpiper (UK)
Ruff (UK)

...which makes 20, so quite a way to go!

 

[Mayo Corncrake]

Red Knot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Dunlin
Curlew sandpiper
Broad-billed sandpiper
Temminck's stint (India)
Little stint
Least sandpiper (US)
Wood sandpiper
Green sandpiper
Common sandpiper
Terek sandpiper
Redshank
Spotted redshank
Greenshank
Marsh sandpiper (India)
Black tailed godwit
Bar tailed godwit
Curlew
Whimbrel
Woodcock
Snipe
Jack snipe
red phalarope
red necked phalarope
Wilson's phalarope
Baird's sandpiper
white rumped sandpiper
semipalmated sandpiper
ruff
buff breasted sandpiper
pectoral sandpiper
sharp tailed sandpiper
lesser yellowlegs
spotted sandpiper (US)
long billed dowitcher
short billed dowitcher
African painted snipe (South africa)
Willet (US)

41 Waders are my favourite.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Since the thread revived...

Now at 62. Added spoon-billed sandpiper and long-toed stint in Thailand and pintail snipe in Cambodia.

 

[walshey]

These are my favourites too

59 for me, mostly at home, where I will always chase a new one

48 UK

Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Great Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Eurasian Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Upland Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Grey Phalarope

11 more in US (mostly California)

Willet
Wandering Tattler
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Rock Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock