Plovers & Lapwings in Moray
Our list for Moray 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 Moray in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct
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