Sandpipers & Snipes in Wicklow
Our list for Wicklow has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 8 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wicklow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr
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
- 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