Plovers & Lapwings in Cork
Our list for Cork has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cork in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaScarceUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 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