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The Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a bird found in Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, India, France, United Kingdom, and 3 more countries. Wet woods and streams across Europe and Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fish and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Green sandpiper lives

Wet woods and streams across Europe and Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🐟 Fish20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Green sandpiper

Recorded by Sébastien Reeber (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1185105. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Green sandpiper

Where does the Green sandpiper live?

The Green sandpiper lives in Sweden, Spain, Netherlands, India, France, United Kingdom, and 3 more countries. Wet woods and streams across Europe and Asia.

What does the Green sandpiper eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fish (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Green sandpiper endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Europe

• Lesser whitethroat
• Common nightingale
• Black-tailed godwit
• Red-backed shrike
• Pied avocet
• European golden plover

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.