Sandpipers & Snipes in Dublin
Our list for Dublin has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dublin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 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
- 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