Sandpipers & Snipes in Meath
Our list for Meath has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Meath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceCommon37–41 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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