Plovers & Lapwings in Manchester
Our list for Manchester has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Manchester in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceRare27–30 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 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