Plovers & Lapwings in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kerry in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, 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