Sandpipers & Snipes in Clare
Our list for Clare has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 10 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Clare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–May
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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