Sandpipers & Snipes in Cork
Our list for Cork has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 7 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jan–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cm
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
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 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