Plovers & Lapwings in Carmarthenshire
Our list for Carmarthenshire has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Carmarthenshire 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 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
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