Plovers & Lapwings in Leicestershire
Our list for Leicestershire has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Leicestershire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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