Plovers & Lapwings in North Ayrshire
Our list for North Ayrshire has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Ayrshire 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 vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Nov–Aug
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