Species Detail - Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Vanellus vanellus
Northern Lapwing
Green Plover, Lapwing, Peewit
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
vavan
(Linnaeus, 1758)
bird
Species
1493
312
104
17/06/1992
30/05/2023
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2010)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10034>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)