Plovers & Lapwings in Down
Our list for Down has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Down in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
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