Plovers & Lapwings in South Ayrshire
Our list for South Ayrshire has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaScarceRare27–30 cm
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 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