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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category A

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

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Long-billed Dowitcher: 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.

Long-billed Dowitcher has been recorded in 98 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (3%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, NT)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
9% or more of visits
High
2% to 9%
Moderate
<1% to 2%
Low
under <1%
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 30%<1%Moderate
February 58%<1%Moderate
March 50%<1%Moderate
April 45%<1%Low
May 13%<1%Very high
June 1%<1%Low
July 39%<1%Moderate
August 43%<1%High
September 41%<1%High
October 100%<1%Very high
November 50%<1%Low
December 19%<1%Low

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
J16Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
NB56Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland100%Very high
NO65Angus, Scotland100%Very high
NS43East Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NT90Northumberland, England100%Very high
SD31Lancashire, England100%Very high
SJ27Flintshire, Wales100%Very high
SO00Merthyr Tydfil, Wales100%Very high
SS59Swansea, Wales100%Very high
TL59Norfolk, England100%Very high

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