Sandpipers & Snipes in Wexford
Our list for Wexford has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wexford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaScarceUncommon15–18 cm
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceUncommon27–30 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 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
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 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