Sandpipers & Snipes in Armagh
Our list for Armagh has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 8, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusScarceUncommon40–46 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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