Plovers & Lapwings in Louth
Our list for Louth has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 3 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louth in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
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