Sandpipers & Snipes in Derry
Our list for Derry has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Derry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 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
- 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