Plovers & Lapwings in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 9 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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