Plovers & Lapwings in Worcestershire
Our list for Worcestershire has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Worcestershire 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 visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
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