Plovers & Lapwings in Dublin
Our list for Dublin has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dublin in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody 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