Sandpipers & Snipes in Waterford
Our list for Waterford has 12 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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