Sandpipers & Snipes in Mayo
Our list for Mayo has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mayo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceUncommon33–38 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made