Plovers & Lapwings in Aberdeen
Our list for Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly 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