Sandpipers & Snipes in Louth
Our list for Louth has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louth in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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