Plovers & Lapwings in Waterford
Our list for Waterford has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
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