Plovers & Lapwings in Edinburgh
Our list for Edinburgh has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Edinburgh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Nov–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