Plovers & Lapwings in Shetland Islands
Our list for Shetland Islands has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shetland Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 cm
Body 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