Plovers & Lapwings in Ceredigion
Our list for Ceredigion has 5 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ceredigion in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 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