Plovers & Lapwings in Pembrokeshire
Our list for Pembrokeshire has 6 plovers & lapwings recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pembrokeshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Ringed Plover 17–19 cm
- Dotterel 20–22 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