American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
The answer for a snipe-like shore bird is Knot.
There will obviously be some sort of bird in the world beginning with "u" but in Britain and Ireland there is no bird beginning with "u"
Yes
Larus Occidentalis or "Seagull"
Avocet
Bird of prey
curlew
It is a shore bird, similar to a small seagull.
Guillemot
vulture
Toucan
skua, gull, tern, auk, plover, skimmer, sandpiper