Sandpipers & Snipes in Connaught
Our list for Connaught has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Connaught in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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