Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)Where and when to see it in the UK
Scarce migrant · reporting peaks November · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category A
Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.
Greater Yellowlegs has been recorded in 17 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in November.
Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, NT)
View on the IUCN Red ListRecords by 10 km square
| Square | Where | Records | Years | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK05 | Aberdeenshire, Scotland | 32 | 2012 to 2022 | unverified |
| TM47 | Suffolk, England | 53 | 2020 | unverified |
| TM46 | Suffolk, England | 1 | 2020 | unverified |
| SJ18 | Flintshire, Wales | 1 | 2017 | unverified |
| SU50 | Hampshire, England | 101 | 2014 to 2015 | unverified |
| SZ59 | Isle of Wight, England | 2 | 2015 | unverified |
| NH89 | Highland, Scotland | 7 | 2011 to 2012 | unverified |
| ND27 | Highland, Scotland | 1 | 2012 | unverified |
| NU20 | Northumberland, England | 29 | 2011 | unverified |
| NZ29 | Northumberland, England | 18 | 2011 | unverified |
| SW97 | Cornwall, England | 3 | 2011 | unverified |
| TF11 | Lincolnshire, England | 1 | 2007 | unverified |
| TF44 | Lincolnshire, England | 1 | 2007 | unverified |
| J44 | Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland | 1 | 2004 | unverified |
| NR26 | Argyll and Bute, Scotland | 8 | 2002 | unverified |
| NF09 | Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland | 2 | 2002 | unverified |
| NR72 | Argyll and Bute, Scotland | 1 | 2002 | unverified |