Sandpipers & Snipes in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kerry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 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
- 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