European Golden-Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

89,058Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

120Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12,053

Feb8,207

Mar6,180

Apr4,295

May2,764

Jun1,902

Jul2,745

Aug6,456

Sep10,277

Oct15,352

Nov10,028

Dec8,196

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	10,673
2	Norfolk	England	6,037
3	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	5,972
4	Lincolnshire	England	4,114
5	Kent	England	3,909
6	Shetland Islands	—	3,627
7	Essex	England	2,619
8	Gloucestershire	England	2,507
9	Highland	Scotland	2,242
10	Suffolk	England	2,138
11	Oxfordshire	England	1,985
12	Cornwall	England	1,849
13	Rutland	England	1,821
14	North Yorkshire	England	1,779
15	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,722

73,322 England13,509 Scotland1,688 Wales495 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 89,058
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 120
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Pluvialis apricaria
Also known as: Golden Plover
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 39,407
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Kent, Shetland Islands, Essex, Gloucestershire, Highland, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Cornwall +60
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Pluvialis
Name with authority: Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 36