Sandpipers & Snipes in Antrim
Our list for Antrim has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Antrim in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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