Plovers & Lapwings in Gwynedd
Our list for Gwynedd has 4 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gwynedd in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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