Species Detail - European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023".

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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Pluvialis apricaria
European Golden Plover
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
2
0
2
09/10/1980
07/10/1987
1 January (recorded in 2018)
31 December (recorded in 2022)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/10036>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)