Species Detail - Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Pluvialis apricaria
Golden Plover
NBNSYS0000000029
RecommendedWell-formed
Charadrius pluvialis Linnaeus, European Golden Plover , Northern Golden Plover , Pluvialis apricaria , Pluvialis apricaria albifrons , Pluvialis apricaria altifrons (Brehm), Pluvialis apricaria apricaria (Linnaeus), Pluvialis apricaria apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758), Southern Golden Plover
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex II, Section II Bird Species || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex III, Section III Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
plapr
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
1124
301
101
06/10/1992
24/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1973)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), accessed 21 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10036