Plovers & Lapwings in Finland
Our list for Finland has 7 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
DotterelEudromias morinellusSummer visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusScarceRare15–17 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 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