Sandpipers & Snipes in Offaly
Our list for Offaly has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Offaly in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceCommon33–38 cm
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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