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Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks August · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
peterichman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Green Sandpiper: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

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.

Green Sandpiper has been recorded in 1,075 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (36%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in August.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
28% or more of visits
High
5% to 28%
Moderate
2% to 5%
Low
under 2%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 11%1%Low
February 11%1%Low
March 15%2%Low
April 18%2%Low
May 1%<1%Low
June 15%2%Moderate
July 58%6%High
August 100%10%Very high
September 61%6%High
October 25%3%Moderate
November 21%2%Low
December 14%1%Low

Squares with the highest reporting rate in August

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HP61Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU32Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU44Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
J28Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland100%Very high
NC10Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NM49Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NO22Perth and Kinross, Scotland100%Very high
NO42Fife, Scotland100%Very high
NO50Fife, Scotland100%Very high
NR26Argyll and Bute, Scotland100%Very high

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