Plovers & Lapwings in Nottinghamshire
5 species matching this filter.
Nottinghamshire supports five species from the plover and lapwing family, found across a variety of habitats including farmland, gravel pits, and river floodplains. The Northern Lapwing is perhaps the most iconic, breeding on arable fields and wet meadows throughout the county, while the Little Ringed Plover favours the bare shingle margins of former gravel workings along the Trent Valley. Winter months bring flocks of Golden Plover and the occasional Grey Plover, adding seasonal variety to the county's birdwatching calendar.
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
A rare non-breeding visitor forming flocks on arable fields and wet grassland from autumn through winter, often alongside lapwings.
Sep–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
A rare passage visitor, occasionally stopping at Trent valley gravel pits and flooded fields in spring on its way to Arctic breeding grounds.
May
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubiusLC
An uncommon summer breeder, nesting on bare ground at gravel pits and construction sites. Arrives in March and departs by September.
Mar–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
A common but declining resident breeding on farmland and wet meadows, with numbers boosted by continental birds in winter.
Year-round
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
A rare breeding bird on bare gravel and reservoir margins, with small numbers on passage at wetland sites from March to October.
Mar–Oct