Sandpipers & Snipes in Munster
Our list for Munster has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Munster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 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
- 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