Sandpipers & Snipes in Sligo
Our list for Sligo has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sligo in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaScarceUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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